# Shigella sonnei outbreak — Kentucky, 2012-10
> **Person-to-person** · Confirmed · 26 ill / 2 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-def1869e5cbe
- **Date:** 2012-10
- **State:** Kentucky
- **Primary mode:** Person-to-person
- **Etiology:** Shigella sonnei (subgroup D)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** School/college/university
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 26
- **Hospitalizations:** 2
- **Deaths:** 0
## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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