# Shigella sonnei outbreak — Massachusetts, 2019-07
> **Water** · Confirmed · 3 ill / 1 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-664b19d21b00
- **Date:** 2019-07
- **State:** Massachusetts
- **Primary mode:** Water
- **Etiology:** Shigella sonnei (subgroup D)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Park - State Park
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 3
- **Hospitalizations:** 1
- **Deaths:** 0
## Water exposure

- **Exposure:** Recreational water -- untreated
- **Water type:** Pond

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