RECOVERY OF HEPATITIS-A VIRUS FROM A WATER-SUPPLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A COMMON SOURCE OUTBREAK OF HEPATITIS-A

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作者
BLOCH, AB
STRAMER, SL
SMITH, JD
MARGOLIS, HS
FIELDS, HA
MCKINLEY, TW
GERBA, CP
MAYNARD, JE
SIKES, RK
机构
[1] GEORGIA DEPT HUMAN RESOURCES,OFF EPIDEMIOL,878 PEACHTREE ST,ATLANTA,GA 30309
[2] CTR DIS CONTROL,CTR INFECT DIS,DIV VIRAL DIS,HEPATITIS BRANCH,ATLANTA,GA 30333
[3] UNIV ARIZONA,DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,TUCSON,AZ 85721
[4] UNIV ARIZONA,DEPT NUTR & FOOD SCI,TUCSON,AZ 85721
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10.2105/AJPH.80.4.428
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
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.
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