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Hepatitis A outbreak reported in SE Michigan
By Virginia Gordan ? 2 hours ago
Michigan officials are warning health care providers about an outbreak of hepatitis A in the city of Detroit and nearby Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne counties...
...There have been more than 300 confirmed cases of hepatitis A in Detroit and the four nearby counties since August 2016, according to Dr. Caroline Castillo, medical officer at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Castillo said that is 17 times higher than three years before...
...According to the weekly disease report issued by the MDHHS, the number of cases of hepatitis A statewide has almost tripled this year to date compared to all of 2016. So far in 2017, 348 cases of hepatitis A have been reported statewide, compared to 132 in 2016, 73 in 2015, and 54 in 2014.
Hepatitis A outbreak reported in SE Michigan
By Virginia Gordan ? 2 hours ago
Michigan officials are warning health care providers about an outbreak of hepatitis A in the city of Detroit and nearby Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne counties...
...There have been more than 300 confirmed cases of hepatitis A in Detroit and the four nearby counties since August 2016, according to Dr. Caroline Castillo, medical officer at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Castillo said that is 17 times higher than three years before...
...According to the weekly disease report issued by the MDHHS, the number of cases of hepatitis A statewide has almost tripled this year to date compared to all of 2016. So far in 2017, 348 cases of hepatitis A have been reported statewide, compared to 132 in 2016, 73 in 2015, and 54 in 2014.
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