IPHS 399 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Shigella Sonnei, Shigellosis, Hand Washing
5 Mar 2017
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Chapter 12: controlling an outbreak of shigellosis with a community-wide intervention in lexington. A spike in cases of shigellosis, most of which were persons who attended or worked at child care facilities or elementary school. Fayette county health department received three reports of shigella sonnei infections from the university of kentucky microbiology lab. 186 culture-confirmed shigella sonnei infections with onsets from january through. Dr mohle-boetani and dr griffin(cdc) worked closely with the lexington health. Cases were originally defined as those reported with through standard laboratory surveillance, which was those with laboratory evidence of infection with shigella. To count the cases, each case case triggered a public health investigation that included a home visit, collection of stools for shigella culture from close contacts and instruction in handwashing before meals, after toileting, and after diaper changes. Through an initial investigation, it was found that the majority of cases were in persons who attended or worked at child care facilities or elementary school.
