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Louisville's hepatitis A outbreak: Cases spread to Indiana and now some schools are closed
Darcy Costello, Louisville Courier Journal Published 7:27 a.m. ET March 16, 2018 | Updated 4:01 p.m. ET March 16, 2018
An outbreak of hepatitis A in Kentucky, centered in Jefferson County, has spread to more than 100 people ? a significant increase in a state that typically sees about 20 cases per year.
Confirmed cases have continued to grow since the outbreak was declared in November when there were 19 cases in Louisville. At the time, officials said common risk factors included homelessness or drug use.
Since then, at least two employees in the food service industry have been added to the city's list of victims and more than 20 cases identified in Southern Indiana prompted the closure of at least one school district's campus ? which includes three Henryville schools.
Jefferson County is ground zero for the highly contagious liver infection, with more than 130 of the state's cases and the first death linked to the virus...
...It spread across the river to Indiana
Clark County's health officer Dr. Eric Yazel said Friday the county has 25 hepatitis A cases, with two more that are pending.
Of those, most have been connected to the Louisville outbreak, which makes sense given the "migration of population" between the two regions, Yazel said.
"It's almost like one big general outbreak in Kentuckiana," he said, adding that the county is treating the number of cases with the highest level of precaution...
Louisville's hepatitis A outbreak: Cases spread to Indiana and now some schools are closed
Darcy Costello, Louisville Courier Journal Published 7:27 a.m. ET March 16, 2018 | Updated 4:01 p.m. ET March 16, 2018
An outbreak of hepatitis A in Kentucky, centered in Jefferson County, has spread to more than 100 people ? a significant increase in a state that typically sees about 20 cases per year.
Confirmed cases have continued to grow since the outbreak was declared in November when there were 19 cases in Louisville. At the time, officials said common risk factors included homelessness or drug use.
Since then, at least two employees in the food service industry have been added to the city's list of victims and more than 20 cases identified in Southern Indiana prompted the closure of at least one school district's campus ? which includes three Henryville schools.
Jefferson County is ground zero for the highly contagious liver infection, with more than 130 of the state's cases and the first death linked to the virus...
...It spread across the river to Indiana
Clark County's health officer Dr. Eric Yazel said Friday the county has 25 hepatitis A cases, with two more that are pending.
Of those, most have been connected to the Louisville outbreak, which makes sense given the "migration of population" between the two regions, Yazel said.
"It's almost like one big general outbreak in Kentuckiana," he said, adding that the county is treating the number of cases with the highest level of precaution...
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