Outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus Infection Among Adult Patients of a Mental Hospital - Los Angeles County, 2017

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Jul;39(7):881. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.77. Epub 2018 Apr 17.

Authors

Curtis Croker¹, Susan Hathaway¹, Amy Marutani¹, Margilane Hernandez², Crystal Cadavid¹, Shobita Rajagopalan², Bessie Hwang¹, Moon Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ 1Acute Communicable Disease Control Program,Los Angeles County Department of Public Health,Los Angeles,California.
² 2Community Health Services,Los Angeles County Department of Public Health,Whittier,California.

PMID: 29661264
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.77

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Cross Infection / transmission*
Cross Infection / virology
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Hepatitis A / epidemiology*
Hepatitis A / prevention & control
Hepatitis A Vaccines / therapeutic use
Hepatitis A virus / isolation & purification
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Humans
Los Angeles / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

Hepatitis A Vaccines