Hepatitis A Virus Outbreaks Associated with Drug Use and Homelessness — California, Kentucky, Michigan, and Utah, 2017

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Foster, Monique ; Ramachandran, Sumathi ; Myatt, Katie ; Donovan, Danielle ; Bohm, Susan ; Fiedler, Jay ; Barbeau, Bree ; Collins, Jim ; Thoroughman, Douglas ; McDonald, Eric ; Ballard, Jonathan ; Eason, Jeffrey ; Jorgensen, Cynthia
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.)Division of Viral Hepatitis. ; Center for Preparedness and Response (U.S.)Division of State and Local Readiness.
• Description:
  During 2017, CDC received 1,521 reports of acute hepatitis A Virus (HAV) infections from California, Kentucky, Michigan, and Utah; the majority of infections were among persons reporting injection or noninjection drug use or homelessness. Investigations conducted by local and state health departments indicated that direct person-to-person Transmission of HAV infections was occurring, differing from other recent, large HAV outbreaks attributed to consumption of contaminated commercial food products. Outbreaks with direct HAV Transmission among persons reporting drug use or homelessness signals a shift in HAV infection Epidemiology in the United States, and vaccination of these populations at high risk can prevent future outbreaks.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Female Hepatitis A Hepatitis A Virus Humans Ill-Housed Persons Infant Male Middle Aged Risk Factors Substance-Related Disorders Young Adult

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 67(43):1208-1210
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6743a3
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  30383739
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6319801
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Kentucky ; Michigan ; Utah
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  67
• Issue:
  43
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:232b78cd1d41cf10f5ba0038a20c17dda8da7211e928d115be874f3d4c93a5d426663e97553d7b32ef88f04dfe0dff7b69d83d3736ba7ef5552d35eace6075f5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/70158/cdc_70158_DS1.pdf
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