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Health department investigating Hepatitis A outbreak in Louisiana
By Danae Leake and Cheryl Mercedes | December 18, 2018 at 10:25 AM CST - Updated December 18 at 3:41 PM
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced Tuesday the Louisiana Office of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections.
As of Dec. 14, Louisiana has 24 reported cases of HAV infection, three of which are not linked to the current outbreak. That?s nearly three times the number of cases LDH saw in 2017.
East Baton Rouge Parish and surrounding parishes, including Livingston and Ascension parishes, has fewer than five HAV cases. Morehouse Parish has between five to ten reported cases, according to a map that lists the HAV cases by parish...
Health department investigating Hepatitis A outbreak in Louisiana
By Danae Leake and Cheryl Mercedes | December 18, 2018 at 10:25 AM CST - Updated December 18 at 3:41 PM
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced Tuesday the Louisiana Office of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections.
As of Dec. 14, Louisiana has 24 reported cases of HAV infection, three of which are not linked to the current outbreak. That?s nearly three times the number of cases LDH saw in 2017.
East Baton Rouge Parish and surrounding parishes, including Livingston and Ascension parishes, has fewer than five HAV cases. Morehouse Parish has between five to ten reported cases, according to a map that lists the HAV cases by parish...
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