An outbreak of shigellosis in a child care institution in Queluz, Portugal - 1995

A Suspiro; L Menezes

doi:10.2807/esm.01.01.00195-en

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An outbreak of shigellosis in a child care institution in Queluz, Portugal - 1995
A Suspiro¹ , L Menezes²
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Affiliations: ¹ Public Health Doctor, Health Authority, France ² Public Healh Doctor

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Citation style for this article: Suspiro A, Menezes L. An outbreak of shigellosis in a child care institution in Queluz, Portugal - 1995. Euro Surveill. 1996;1(1):pii=195. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.01.01.00195-en

Abstract

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