A highly contagious disease is alarmingly on the rise in one US state. Cases of dysentery, also called shigellosis, are hiking up in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon, according to the ...

Cases of dysentery have been on the rise in Oregon since 2012. The cases spread from Multnomah County to the Portland Metro ...

Researchers have been unable to find the original source in a Welsh Shigella outbreak that affected more than 50 people. In ...

The illness is mostly spread from person to person, and no specific “origin” has been pinpointed for the outbreak.

because of the importance of access to sanitation in preventing transmission of the disease. People infected with Shigella can help limit the spread by staying home from school or work ...

“This rise in Shigella cases over recent years is concerning and is a result of multiple pathways of transmission. Investments made in public health are critical for monitoring and slowing the ...

The rise in Shigella cases over recent years is concerning and is a result of multiple pathways of transmission. Investments made in public health are critical for monitoring and slowing the ...

Examples of agents covered are Cyclospora, Salmonella, Toxoplasma gondii, Yersinia enterocolitica, Hepatitis A and E, Cryptosporidium, and Shigella. There is strong evidence linking transmission ...

“This rise in Shigella cases over recent years is concerning and is a result of multiple pathways of transmission. Investments made in public health are critical for monitoring and slowing the ...

‘The rise in Shigella cases over recent years is concerning and is a result of multiple pathways of transmission. Investments made in public health are critical for monitoring and slowing the ...