Dysentery cases on rise in Portland area

Dysentery rates have been rising among the Portland population since 2023, and is attributed largely to a lack of public ...
The surge in the extremely contagious bacterial illness in Portland is linked to the number of people experiencing ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dysentery is on the rise in the Portland ... two types of Shigella typically circulate in Oregon. Although both strains can cause severe diarrhea, officials are not ...
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Dysentery has made an unsettling comeback in Portland, Oregon with the diarrhea-inducing disease causing an uptick in cases ...
In January alone, health officials reported 40 cases of the bacterial disease, which is characterized by severe diarrhoea.
Severe Shigella cases — also known as dysentery — can be fatal, though the bacterial strains now circulating in Oregon tend to cause milder illness.