Risk Factors for Shigellosis

List of Risk Factors for Shigellosis

The list of risk factors mentioned for Shigellosis in various sources includes:

• Poor sanitation
• Crowding

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FDA Bad Bug Book (Excerpt)

Associated Foods: Salads (potato, tuna, shrimp, macaroni, and chicken), raw vegetables, milk and dairy products, and poultry. Contamination of these foods is usually through the fecal-oral route. Fecally contaminated water and unsanitary handling by food handlers are the most common causes of contamination. (Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)

Shigellosis: DBMD (Excerpt)

In the United States, groups at increased risk of shigellosis include children in child-care centers, contacts of children in child-care settings, and persons in custodial institutions, where personal hygiene is difficult to maintain; Native Americans; orthodox Jews; international travelers; men who have sex with men; and those in homes with inadequate supplies for handwashing. (Source: excerpt from Shigellosis: DBMD)

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About risk factors:

Risk factors for Shigellosis are factors that do not seem to be a direct cause of the disease, but seem to be associated in some way. Having a risk factor for Shigellosis makes the chances of getting a condition higher but does not always lead to Shigellosis. Also, the absence of any risk factors or having a protective factor does not necessarily guard you against getting Shigellosis. For general information and a list of risk factors, see the risk center.

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