Hepatitis A -- United States
As of early Friday morning [2 Sep 2016], 70 cases of hepatitis A in 7 states have been linked to tainted frozen strawberries shipped to the United States from Egypt and served by a popular smoothie restaurant chain. Most of the cases of the liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus are in the Mid-Atlantic area.
With 55 confirmed cases, Virginia contains the bulk of the outbreak. Six more cases were confirmed in Maryland, 5 in West Virginia, and one in North Carolina, Wisconsin, New
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2bKB4GJ
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