Shiga Toxin 1–Producing Shigella sonnei Infections, California, United States, 2014–2015
Katherine Lamba
, Jennifer A. Nelson, Akiko C. Kimura, Alyssa Poe, Joan Collins, Annie S. Kao, Laura Cruz, Gregory Inami, Julie Vaishampayan, Alvaro Garza, Vishnu Chaturvedi, and Duc Vugia
Author affiliations: California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA (K. Lamba, A.C. Kimura, A. Poe, L. Cruz, G. Inami, V. Chaturvedi, D.J. Vugia); County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, California, USA (J.A. Nelson, A.S. Kao); San Joaquin County Public Health Services, Stockton, California, USA (J. Collins, J. Vaishampayan, A. Garza)
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Figure 1. Epidemic curve of Shiga toxin 1–producing Shigella sonnei cases in California (N = 56), by week of illness onset, cluster, and epidemiologic link to Mexico, June 2014–April 2015. Cluster 1, southern California, June–December 2014 (n = 25); cluster 2, San Joaquin County, northern California, January–April 2015 (n = 31). Illness onset week designated using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report weeks.
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