This is a discussion board question for Microbiology

You are the public health official! Review thefollowing case study and discuss how you should proceed as an epidemiologist. Casestudy: Over 30 children younger than three years of age developedgastroenteritis after visiting a local water park. These casesrepresented 44% of the park visitors in this age group on the day inquestion. Older individuals were not affected. The causative agentwas determined to be a member of the bacterial genus Shigella. Thedisease resulted from oral transmission to the children.Based only on theinformation given, can you classify this outbreak as an epidemic? Why orwhy not? If you were an epidemiologist, how would you go aboutdetermining which pools in the water park were contaminated?