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SUBMITTER: Foster MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6542191 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Foster Monique A MA Hofmeister Megan G MG Kupronis Benjamin A BA Lin Yulin Y Xia Guo-Liang GL Yin Shaoman S Teshale Eyasu E
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 20190510 18
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is primarily transmitted fecal-orally after close contact with an infected person (1); it is the most common cause of viral hepatitis worldwide, typically causing acute and self-limited symptoms, although rarely liver failure and death can occur (1). Rates of hepatitis A had declined by approximately 95% during 1996-2011; however, during 2016-2018, CDC received approximately 15,000 reports of HAV infections from U.S. states and territories, indicating a recent increase in ...[more]