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  • AU: Hepatitis A outbreak being investigated by NSW health and food authorities for possible food link

    Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-0...fected/8874800

    Hepatitis A outbreak being investigated by NSW health and food authorities for possible food link
    By Antonette Collins
    Posted earlier today at 1:28am

    New South Wales Health and the state's Food Authority are investigating an outbreak of Hepatitis A, with 12 cases confirmed across Sydney and its surrounds over the past five weeks.

    The numbers are considerably higher than the average of two cases of locally acquired hepatitis A each year.

    NSW Health's director of communicable diseases Vicky Sheppeard said when outbreaks occurred in Australia, they were usually linked to the consumption of contaminated food products or person-to-person spread...
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