Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that in the U.S., approximately half a million people per year become infected with shigellosis. In the Portland area, health ...

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 ...

Are Shigella infections common? Every year, there are about 450,000 cases in the United States, with around 6,400 requiring hospitalization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Cases in Multnomah County among people who have not left the country nearly doubled last year, and the number appears to be rising.

Fortunately, local health officials have not recently detected the more severe strain of the disease, which can lead to life-threatening complications. However, the rapid spread of shigellosis ...

None could be considered a true complication of shigellosis. The presence of a concurrent disease appears to increase the likelihood of a convulsion (Table 7), but in view of the multiplicity of ...

Shigellosis, a form of bacterial dysentery caused by Shigella bacteria, is the second leading cause of fatal diarrhoeal disease worldwide, but at the moment there is no approved shot for the ...

Dying of dysentery is now more than just a video game meme in Oregon. In a disgusting turn of events straight out of the “Oregon Trail” game, the diarrhea-inducing malady dysentery is making a ...

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 ...

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 ...