Hepatitis A — United States
The number of hepatitis A cases in Ohio and neighboring states has spiked since January [2018], the Ohio Department of Health is reporting.
There are currently 31 cases in the state, the highest since 2015, Greene County Public Health said in a release Tuesday [24 Apr 2018]. In comparison, there were 4 cases during the same period in 2017, 2 in 2016, and 5 in 2015, according to the release.
Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable, communicable disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A
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