Communicable Disease Control Program
We monitor communicable diseases, investigate outbreaks, and distribute vaccines across the region.
Shigellosis is a highly contagious diarrheal disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella. Outbreaks of Shigella infection can occur from environmental, food, water, person-to- person exposure. Currently, circulating strain is now Shigella sonnei and this strain is multidrug resistant and exhibits resistance to all first line oral antibiotic agents, including azithromycin. Currently, all isolates of S. sonnei have been shown to be fully susceptible to ceftriaxone
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Report to: Medical Health Officer
Includes clinical or practice updates/changes regarding the disease for the past six months. These updates may not have been noted in the SOPs or guidelines. Any updates older than six months will be archived on this page.
We monitor communicable diseases, investigate outbreaks, and distribute vaccines across the region.