Recovery of hepatitis A virus from a water supply responsible for a common source outbreak of hepatitis A.
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 80 (4) , 428-430
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.80.4.428
Abstract
An outbreak of hepatitis A occurred in a north Georgia (USA) 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.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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