Open AccessAn outbreak of shigellosis in a child care institution in Queluz, Portugal - 1995
Author(s) -
A Suspiro,
Luzia Clara Cunha de Menezes
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.01.01.00195-en
Subject(s) - shigellosis , outbreak , shigella , pediatrics , medicine , child care , institution , shigella flexneri , dysentery , environmental health , virology , political science , biology , pathology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , law , gene
The introduction of shigella into a child care centre carries a high risk of secondary spread from person to person within the centre. We report an outbreak of shigellosis in early 1995 that affected 99 children, 17 of their relations, and seven workers i