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Article: Hepatitis A outbreak associated with green onions at a restaurant--Monaca, Pennsylvania, 2003.
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- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- November 28, 2003
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On November 21, 2003, this report was posted on the MMWR website (http.//www.cdc.gov/mmwr). However, two errors * were found. The text of the report printed here has been corrected.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health and CDC are investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A outbreak among patrons of a restaurant (Restaurant A) in Monaca, Pennsylvania. As of November 20, approximately 555 persons with hepatitis A have been identified, including at least 13 Restaurant A food service workers and 75 residents of six other states who dined at Restaurant A. Three persons have died. Preliminary sequence analysis of a 340 nucleotide region of viral RNA obtained from three ...