# Bacillus cereus outbreak — West Virginia, 1998-12
> **Food** · Confirmed · 118 ill / 0 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-c4893a450626
- **Date:** 1998-12
- **State:** West Virginia
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Bacillus cereus
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** —
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 118
- **Hospitalizations:** 0
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** shrimp, unspecified
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Crustaceans

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