Tuesday, 13 June 2017

PRO/EDR> Hepatitis A - USA (08): (CA) fatal, RFI

Hepatitis A -- United States
5 Apr 2017 / 39 / 33 (85) / 1 (3)
4 May 2017 / 80 / 66 (83) / 3 (4)
31 May 2017 / 133 / 103 (80) / 3 (2)
12 Jun 2017 / 160 / 120 (75) / 4 (2.5)
There have been 80 more cases over about 6 weeks and 121 more cases over 10 weeks. Since many cases of HAV infection are asymptomatic or anicteric (without jaundice), the total number of cases is likely to been significantly higher.
It remains unclear if the persistent increase is related to slow reporting, increased awareness and testing,

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2thwo47

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