Spiritual Retreat | The International Outbreak Museum

Outbreak: Spiritual Retreat Shigella
Product: Never pinpointed	Investigation Start Date: 7/28/2005
Location: Douglas County, OR	Etiology: Shigella
Earliest known case onset date: 07/19/2005	Latest case onset date: 08/06/2005
Confirmed / Presumptive Case Counts: 262 / 18	Positive Samples (Food / Environmental / Water): 0 / 0 / 0

Large parking lot and camping area of the spiritual retreat.
Group meals were self-served 3 times each day in a converted barn.
Group meals were self-served 3 times each day in a converted barn.
This large collection of portable toilets and sinks were available to the 750+ campers.
Signage reminder attendees (and presumably food handlers) to wash their hands with soap.
Group meeting during the retreat.
Control measures included keeping sick attendees together in separate rooms while they got well.
Map of the countries involved in this outbreak.
This outbreak's Epi Curve.