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. 1999 Jul;15(6):549-51.
doi: 10.1023/a:1007551825769.

Hepatitis A outbreak originating in a day care center: a community case report

S Sadetzki  1 , N Rostmi, B Modan
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Hepatitis A outbreak originating in a day care center: a community case report

S Sadetzki et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 1999 Jul.

Abstract

A community outbreak of hepatitis A is described, involving 23 persons in a small town in central Israel. Seventy-four percent of the cases were related to a contact with toddlers in one nursery class in a day care center. There were no overt cases in that class itself. The mode of transmission exemplified in this community underlines the difficulties in identifying a common source of hepatitis A infection, which is necessary for the elimination of a further spread of the disease.

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