# Shigella flexneri outbreak — Connecticut, 2003-09
> **Food** · Confirmed · 6 ill / 1 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-cecf38bdfde5
- **Date:** 2003-09
- **State:** Connecticut
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Shigella flexneri (serotype 3 unspecified)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Restaurant: Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 6
- **Hospitalizations:** 1
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** green salad
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Multiple

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