Recovery of hepatitis A virus from a water supply responsible for a common source outbreak of hepatitis A

A. B. Bloch; S. L. Stramer; J. D. Smith; H. S. Margolis; H. A. Fields; T. W. McKinley; C. P. Gerba; J. E. Maynard; R. K. Sikes

doi:10.2105/AJPH.80.4.428

Recovery of hepatitis A virus from a water supply responsible for a common source outbreak of hepatitis A

A. B. Bloch, S. L. Stramer, J. D. Smith, H. S. Margolis, H. A. Fields, T. W. McKinley, C. P. Gerba, J. E. Maynard, R. K. Sikes

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An outbreak of hepatitis A occurred in a north Georgia trailer park served by a private well. Of 18 residents who were serosusceptible to hepatitis A virus (HAV), 16 (89%) developed hepatitis A. Well water samples were collected 3 months after illness onset in the index case and 28 days after illness onset in the last trailer park resident. Hepatitis A virus antigen (HAVAg) was detected in the samples by enzyme immunoassay from three of the five cell lines following two 30-day passages and from a fourth cell line following a third passage of 21 days.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	428-430
Number of pages	3
Journal	American journal of public health
Volume	80
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.80.4.428
State	Published - 1990
Externally published	Yes

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Recovery of hepatitis A virus from a water supply responsible for a common source outbreak of hepatitis A

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