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   From: tyler@facts.org   
      
   The shigella outbreak has spread to two other Bay Area counties   
   after public health officials received additional reports of   
   patients who were infected by the bacterial disease linked to a   
   San Jose seafood restaurant.   
      
   The San Mateo County Health System confirmed Thursday three   
   cases of shigella were linked to the San Jose outbreak. Health   
   officials in Santa Cruz County are investigating suspected cases   
   of shigella.   
      
   The number of patients who reported symptoms associated with the   
   bacterial infection now exceeds 100, county public health   
   officials said.   
      
   Santa Clara County health officials say at least 93 cases of   
   shigella have been reported to the agency. Of those cases, 24   
   were confirmed to be shigellosis, an infectious diarrheal   
   disease caused by a group of bacteria called shigella.   
      
   The outbreak started over the weekend when dozens of people   
   reported feeling severely ill after eating at Mariscos San Juan   
   Restaurant No. 3 in the 200 block of North 4th Street. Many   
   patients who ate at the restaurant Friday or Saturday required   
   hospitalization, and 12 needed intensive-care treatment.   
      
   The infectious disease spreads when food or water has been   
   handled by contaminated hands or an infected person.   
      
   Produce contaminated by human sewage or by contaminated flies   
   landing on food can also make people sick, according to the   
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flies can breed in   
   feces contaminated with shigella.   
      
   Patients infected with shigella usually start to feel sick one   
   to two days after they have been exposed. Symptoms of shigella   
   include diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain. The sickness usually   
   lasts between five and seven days, but shigella can be fatal in   
   patients with severe symptoms.   
      
   Gregory Meissner -- one of two customers who filed lawsuits   
   against the restaurant after eating there and becoming ill --   
   said he ordered a ceviche tostada Friday and woke up the next   
   morning feeling sick. He was hospitalized until Sunday.   
      
   The restaurant has remained closed as health officials   
   investigate the outbreak.   
      
   Santa Clara County public health officials said Wednesday that   
   they were still receiving reports of shigella cases from   
   healthcare providers. Health investigators were interviewing and   
   testing the restaurant’s food handlers.   
      
   “People with diarrhea -- even mild -- must not work, especially   
   food service workers, healthcare providers, and childcare   
   workers,” the health department said. “Proper and frequent hand   
   washing is very important in preventing continued spread.”   
      
   http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-shigella-outbreak-   
   spreads-counties-20151022-story.html   
          
      
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