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Source of
Article: http://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/ Two children in Zanesville,
Ohio that both attend the same daycare have tested positive for Shigella. The
Zanesville Times Recorder reports: Health
officials are investigating a shigella outbreak after two children who attend
Rufus Putnam Daycare tested positive for the infectious disease. One is a
2-year-old girl and the other is a 3-year-old girl. "We've
had two positive cultures of Shigella
bacteria. Both are children at a day-care center. There are 79 children at
the center so we got concerned," said Vicki Whitacre, medical director
of the health department. Approximately
15 people connected to the daycare have had a diarrheal illness, and all are
being tested by health officials. Shigella
is a bacterium that belongs to a small group of pathogens (including E. coli O157:H7 and Cryptosporidium) that
can infect the gut after the ingestion of relatively few organisms, and can
cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans. |
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