Hepatitis A -- United States
Since [1 Aug 2017], the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) has identified over 3000 cases of acute hepatitis A, a liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus. An increase in cases since [1 Aug 2017], primarily among homeless people and drug users, prompted the declaration of a statewide outbreak in November 2017. Viral sequencing has linked several outbreak-associated cases in Kentucky with outbreaks in California and Utah.
The DPH is working closely with the Centers for Disease
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6212689&promed&0
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