# Shigella flexneri outbreak — Oregon, 2018-08
> **Food** · Confirmed · 112 ill / 10 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-d90a6696f324
- **Date:** 2018-08
- **State:** Oregon
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Shigella flexneri
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Caterer
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 112
- **Hospitalizations:** 10
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** asparagus
- **Contaminated ingredient:** asparagus
- **IFSAC category:** Vegetable Row Crops

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