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Updated: 4:05 PM Sep 14, 2010
School-Aged Children Getting Sick From Bacteria, Parents Alerted
You've probably never heard of it, but a bacteria is sweeping through the Kanawha County School System.
Posted: 4:04 PM Sep 14, 2010
Reporter: Anna Baxter
Email Address: anna.baxter@wsaz.com
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- You've probably never heard of it, but a bacteria is sweeping through the Kanawha County school system.
It's called Shigella Gastroenteritis.
Kanawha County health officials say there have been several cases among school-aged children since early-Setember.
Symptoms include diarrhea, high fever, stomach cramps and vomiting. People usually get better within a week. Although this illness can infect people of all ages, it is seen primarily among children.
The incubation period ranges from one to seven days, with an average of three days.
Once a person is infected with the illness, it can easlily be spread from person to person by direct or indirect contact fecal material, according to a news release...
Updated: 4:05 PM Sep 14, 2010
School-Aged Children Getting Sick From Bacteria, Parents Alerted
You've probably never heard of it, but a bacteria is sweeping through the Kanawha County School System.
Posted: 4:04 PM Sep 14, 2010
Reporter: Anna Baxter
Email Address: anna.baxter@wsaz.com
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- You've probably never heard of it, but a bacteria is sweeping through the Kanawha County school system.
It's called Shigella Gastroenteritis.
Kanawha County health officials say there have been several cases among school-aged children since early-Setember.
Symptoms include diarrhea, high fever, stomach cramps and vomiting. People usually get better within a week. Although this illness can infect people of all ages, it is seen primarily among children.
The incubation period ranges from one to seven days, with an average of three days.
Once a person is infected with the illness, it can easlily be spread from person to person by direct or indirect contact fecal material, according to a news release...