UK 2021 Shigella outbreak linked to spring onions from Egypt
A Shigella outbreak in England in 2021 has been linked to spring onions imported from Egypt.
In November 2021, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) detected an outbreak of 17 people infected with the same strain of Shigella sonnei. Analysis of whole genome sequencing (WGS) data revealed it was closely related to strains of Shigella sonnei isolated from people
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