# Shigella sonnei outbreak — Puerto Rico, 1987-10
> **Water** · Confirmed · 1800 ill / 30 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-08c0cac99d57
- **Date:** 1987-10
- **State:** Puerto Rico
- **Primary mode:** Water
- **Etiology:** Shigella sonnei
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Community/municipality
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 1800
- **Hospitalizations:** 30
- **Deaths:** 0
## Water exposure

- **Exposure:** Drinking water
- **Water type:** Community

## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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