Hepatitis A -- Australia
A preventable infection that turns sufferers yellow is making an "unusual" resurgence in Victoria, Australia, with health authorities reporting the state's worst outbreak of hepatitis A since the introduction of modern sewerage. Local cases of the highly contagious liver infection have typically been rare. Most of the 30 to 80 infections reported across the state each year are related to travelers returning from endemic countries where people are forced to live in less hygienic conditions. But
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6218743&promed&0
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