MISSISSIPPI: Shigellosis cases escalate; washing hands encouraged - (Clarion Ledger)
October 13, 2007 – 10:28 pmIf you don’t want to get sick, wash your hands.
State health officials are, according to this story, ordering a prescription of thorough hand washing to end the outbreak of a highly contagious bacterial disease spreading through Hinds and Rankin counties.
Several local schools sent letters to parents about the disease - shigellosis - after the state Department of Health reported seeing 129 cases in Hinds County and 156 cases in Rankin County. Last year, Hinds had seven cases as of Oct. 10 and Rankin had 11.
These counties have experienced the largest increase in shigellosis cases statewide, but the Health Department also is seeing an increase in Harrison County and minimal increases scattered throughout the state, said Dr. Mary Armstrong, the department’s District 5 health officer.
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