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Hepatitis A

San Diego hepatitis cases linked to frozen berries

SAN DIEGO - Two cases of hepatitis A in San Diego have been linked to Townsend Farms frozen berries, involved in a five-state outbreak of the disease, the County of San Diego ... Ref. Source 4

A Hepatitis

An electron micrograph of the Hepatitis A virus (HAV) above, an RNA virus that can survive up to a month at room temperature. The virus enters an organism by ingestion of water and food contaminated by human feces, and reaches the liver through the bloodstream. HAV infection is endemic in third world countries, and is prevalent in the Far East.