# Shigella flexneri outbreak — Washington, 2019-07
> **Person-to-person** · Confirmed · 5 ill / 2 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-417ca8f4ce2c
- **Date:** 2019-07
- **State:** Washington
- **Primary mode:** Person-to-person
- **Etiology:** Shigella flexneri
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Child daycare/preschool
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 5
- **Hospitalizations:** 2
- **Deaths:** 0
## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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