More than 30 people fell sick with hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections in a complex outbreak in England involving dates, a school, a bakery, and different transmission routes, according to a study.
In June 2019
Continue Reading Food handlers played role in the hepatitis A outbreak; many students then vaccinated
Six people in Australia were part of a hepatitis A outbreak this past year after eating dates from Jordan, according to a study.
Researchers said it was the first known hepatitis A outbreak in the
Continue Reading Australian hepatitis A cases linked to imported dates
Australian officials have reported three hepatitis A infections linked to dates imported from Jordan.
The strain is identical to the one that caused an outbreak of hepatitis A in the United Kingdom earlier this year,
Continue Reading Australian hepatitis A cases from imported dates match UK outbreak strain
Findings that a hepatitis A outbreak was linked to dates allowed action to be taken before the start of Ramadan, likely reducing the number of people affected, according to a study.
Public Health England (PHE)
Continue Reading Dates link in Hepatitis A outbreak enabled action before Ramadan
More than 30 Hepatitis A infections potentially linked to eating dates are being investigated in the United Kingdom.
Since the start of this year 31 people have fallen ill in different parts of England and
Continue Reading Investigations ongoing in Hepatitis A outbreak linked to dates
Officials in the United Kingdom are investigating close to 30 related Hepatitis A infections with some linked to imported dates.
There are 28 people sick in different parts of England since the start of this
Continue Reading Hepatitis A infections in UK possibly linked to dates
Two outbreaks of hepatitis A virus (HAV) with 17 infections are under investigation in Ireland.
A total of 21 patients have been identified during a three-month period in Dublin, with 17 linked to the outbreaks
Continue Reading Hepatitis A outbreaks investigated in Ireland
Shivam Distributors of Longwood, FL, is recallingan undisclosed amount of its 7-ounce and 14-ounce packages of Parivar brand dry dates because they contain a high level of a preservative that can cause adverse health conditions.
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Almost 40 people were part of a hepatitis A outbreak in Germany linked to dates from Morocco last year while France, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Sweden reported 18 cases between them.
The 39 patients in
Continue Reading Germany bears brunt of Hepatitis A outbreak linked to dates
Officials are investigating an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Sweden related to dates from Iran that are suspected to be the source of the infections.
Since the end of February, nine cases of the viral
Continue Reading Dates from Iran linked to Hepatitis A outbreak for second time in 2 years
