Recovery and sequence analysis of hepatitis a virus from springwater implicated in an outbreak of acute viral hepatitis.

ABSTRACT: An outbreak of acute hepatitis A virus in North Carolina was linked to drinking water from a contaminated shallow spring by phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis A virus (HAV) genomic sequences. Detection of HAV and fecal indicators in the water provided useful and timely information to assist with public health prevention and control measures.

SUBMITTER: Tallon LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2565947 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature