Thursday, 28 April 2016

PRO/EDR> Hepatitis A - USA: (TX) nosocomial, 2015

Hepatitis A -- United States
On 27-28 Aug 2015, the Texas Department of State Health Services received calls from Fort Bend County and Harris County health departments requesting postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) recommendations for contacts of 2 nurses (patients A and B) with confirmed hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection. Both nurses had symptom onset during 15-19 Aug 2015 and worked for the same pediatric home health care agency in another jurisdiction. Because of the proximity of the onset dates, a common source exposure

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