A clinic nurse at the county health department provides health counseling for a 26-year-old male who will be traveling internationally. The nurse consults the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination recommendations for the specific areas to which he is traveling. The man has many questions about the vaccines as well as infectious disease prevention.
-The traveler is concerned about the safety of drinking water.Which of the following is a common pathogen that can cause a waterborne diarrheal illness?

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Shigella is a common pathogen that can cause waterborne diarrheal illness, often resulting in traveler's diarrhea. Staphylococcus and Lactobacillus are not typically associated with waterborne illness.

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