A waterborne outbreak of hepatitis A in Meade County, Kentucky
| Autor: | M W Hinds, G H Bergeisen, J W Skaggs |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Male Risk Veterinary medicine Adolescent Water supply Kentucky Disease Outbreaks Water Supply Spring (hydrology) Medicine Humans Risk factor Child geography geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Hepatobiliary disease Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Age Factors Outbreak Hepatitis A Infant medicine.disease Fecal coliform Child Preschool Immunology Female business Epidemiologic Methods Water Microbiology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | American journal of public health. 75(2) |
| ISSN: | 0090-0036 |
| Popis: | In November 1982, Meade County, Kentucky health officials noted a sudden increase in the incidence of hepatitis A. Using a standardized interview of 73 cases (68 serologically confirmed), and 85 controls (all negative for antibody to hepatitis A virus), the most important risk factor identified was household use of untreated water from a single spring. A dose-response relationship was found for consumption of unboiled spring water. Water samples taken from the spring during the outbreak were contaminated with fecal coliforms. |
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