Outbreaks (HAV)

Hepatitis A Reported in Mental Health Facility

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 9th, 1998

Researchers in Japan report on a 1995 outbreak of hepatitis A virus in an institution for the mentally ill.

The prevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) antibody in people has decreased from year to year in Japan.

T. Kitahashi et al. report on a sequential outbreak occurring in an institution for the mentally handicapped people in Chiba City in the summer of 1995.

Eight people were infected including seven residents and one staff member.

"We tested to detect antigen in fecal samples by ELISA and PCR for early diagnosis for hepatitis A infection," Kitahashi et al. wrote ("An Outbreak Caused by Hepatitis A Virus in...

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