Hepatitis A -- Australia
There has been a rare hepatitis A death in Victoria as the state experiences a spreading outbreak of the very infectious disease.
Victorian's deputy health officer Dr Brett Sutton confirmed a man recently died from locally acquired case of hepatitis A, a viral infection of the liver.
There have been 42 confirmed cases of the disease in the past 2 months in Victoria, with another 23 still being confirmed. The health department said all those affected so far are men, many who are gay or
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5646600&promed&0
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