Infection Control/Hepatitis A
Nosocomial Transmission Traced to Unsuspected Source
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, June 12th, 1995
The outbreak of HAV which involved 26 individuals (hospital staff, inpatients and household contacts) occurred in All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, during July through October 1991, reported Brent T. Burkholder, M.D., U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, and colleagues.
Burkholder et al. stated while that the a child admitted with profuse diarrhea was suspected as the source of numerous cases of...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1995-06-12)
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