Open AccessShigella sonnei outbreak due to consumption of unpasteurised milk curds in Vilnius, Lithuania, 2004
Author(s) -
Galina Zagrebneviene,
Viktorija Jasulaitiene,
Bronius Morkūnas,
Stanislovas Tarbunas,
Jurate Ladygaite
Publication year - 2005
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.10.48.02848-en
Subject(s) - shigellosis , shigella sonnei , outbreak , food science , medicine , traditional medicine , geography , biology , shigella , salmonella , virology , genetics , bacteria
On 7 October 2004, the Vilnius Public Health Centre reported five shigellosis cases in Vilnius, all typed as Shigellosis sonnei, to the National Centre for Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control. Preliminary patient data suggested that the infections were all acquired from unpasteurised milk curds bought from two markets in Vilnius.