# Shigella sonnei outbreak — California, 1998-09
> **Food** · Confirmed · 318 ill / 4 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-897057b3cd1a
- **Date:** 1998-09
- **State:** California
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Shigella sonnei
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Restaurant: Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 318
- **Hospitalizations:** 4
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** salsa, unspecified
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** N/A

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