# Shigella sonnei outbreak — Vermont, 2018-10
> **Food** · Confirmed · 75 ill / 6 hosp / 2 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-ca9725d2cb3e
- **Date:** 2018-10
- **State:** Vermont
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Shigella sonnei (subgroup D)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Long-term care/nursing home/assisted living facility
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 75
- **Hospitalizations:** 6
- **Deaths:** 2
## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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