HEPATITIS A - Estados Unidos (09)
restaurante (Nueva York) alerta ***
Paciente venezolano adulto de 47 años con hepatitis A, vean el color de las palmas de las manos en contraste con dos personas sin hepatitis, ese color amarillento es conocido como la ictericia, se observa en piel y mucosas en la etapa aguda de la infección.
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Fecha: el viernes 20 Sep 2013 fuente: Metro
News [editado] www.metro.us/newyork/news/local/2013/09/20/5-cases-of-hepatitis-a-at-bronx-restaurant-health-dept/
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El descubrimiento de 5 casos de hepatitis A
en un restaurante de Bronx han alarmado a los funcionarios del Departamento de
salud, que están animando a otros clientes del restaurante a buscar atención
médica tan pronto como sea posible. Un
empleado y 4 patrones en el nuevo restaurante de mar de Hawaii en el Bronx,
según informes, han sido diagnosticados con hepatitis A [la infección del
virus]. El Departamento de salud de la ciudad de Nueva York advierte a personas
que comieron en la ubicación del restaurante 1475 Williamsbridge Road entre
7-19 Sep 2013 para obtener una vacuna contra la hepatitis A tan pronto como sea
posible. Si las personas son vacunadas dentro de 14 días de exposición, la
vacunación puede evitar que la enfermedad que ocurre. Dicen que aquellos que consumieron comida del
restaurante a través de catering o entrega también debe buscar una vacuna, y
toda la comida sobrante debe desecharse inmediatamente. La hepatitis A se contrae al consumir
alimentos contaminados por alguien con la infección. Los síntomas de una
infección de hepatitis A incluyen ictericia, fatiga, dolor abdominal, náuseas y
diarrea. Personas desarrollan síntomas típicamente cerca de un mes después de
ser infectados, dijo el Departamento de salud, aunque puede ser tan pronto como
15 días, o tardar hasta 50 días.
HEPATITIS
A - USA (09) RESTAURANT (NEW YORK CITY) ALERT
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Date: Fri 20 Sep 2013
Source: Metro News [edited]
<http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/local/2013/09/20/5-cases-of-hepatitis-a-at-bronx-restaurant-health-dept/>
The discovery of 5 cases of hepatitis A at a Bronx restaurant have
alarmed Health Department officials, who are urging other patrons of
the restaurant to seek medical attention as soon as possible.
One employee and 4 patrons at New Hawaii Sea Restaurant in the Bronx
have reportedly been diagnosed with hepatitis A [virus infection]. The
New York City Health Department is warning people who ate at the
restaurant's 1475 Williamsbridge Road location between 7-19 Sep 2013
to get a hepatitis A vaccine as soon as possible. If people are
vaccinated within 14 days of exposure, vaccination can prevent the
disease from occurring.
They said those who consumed food from the restaurant through catering
or delivery should also seek a vaccine, and all leftover food should
be discarded immediately.
Hepatitis A is contracted by consuming food contaminated by someone
with the infection. Symptoms of a hepatitis A infection include
jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhea. People
typically develop symptoms about one month after being infected, the
Health Department said, though it can be as soon as 15 days or take as
long as 50 days.
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ProMED-mail from HealthMap Alerts
<promed@promedmail.org>
[Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by hepatitis A virus. The virus
is primarily spread when an uninfected (and unvaccinated) person
ingests food or water that is contaminated with the faeces of an
infected person. The disease is closely associated with a lack of safe
water, inadequate sanitation and poor personal hygiene. Unlike
hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A infection does not cause chronic liver
disease and is rarely fatal, but it can cause debilitating symptoms
and fulminant hepatitis (acute liver failure), which is associated
with high mortality.
According to the World Health Organisation, hepatitis A virus is one
of the most frequent causes of foodborne infection. Hepatitis A
viruses can persist in the environment and can resist food-production
processes routinely used to inactivate and/or control bacterial
pathogens.
Hepatitis A virus is transmitted primarily by the faecal-oral route.
Waterborne outbreaks, though infrequent, are usually associated with
sewage-contaminated or inadequately treated water. In developed
countries with good sanitary and hygienic conditions, infection rates
are low, but disease may occur among adolescents and adults in
high-risk groups, such as injecting-drug users, men who have sex with
men, people travelling to areas of high endemicity, and in isolated
populations such as closed religious communities. However, recently,
ProMED-mail reported a hepatitis A outbreak associated with a
restaurant in New Hampshire, and this may become an additional
occasional route of infection.
There is no specific treatment for hepatitis A. Recovery from symptoms
following infection may be slow and may take several weeks or months.
Therapy is aimed at maintaining comfort and adequate nutritional
balance, including replacement of fluids that are lost from vomiting
and diarrhoea. Nearly 100 percent of people develop protective levels
of antibodies to the virus within one month after a single dose of the
vaccine. Even after exposure to the virus, a single dose of the
vaccine within 2 weeks of contact with the virus has protective
effects. Still, manufacturers recommend 2 vaccine doses to ensure a
longer-term protection of about 5 to 8 years after vaccination.
Further information can be obtained via the WHO website at:
<http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs328/en/index.html>. -
Mod.CP
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at:
<http://healthmap.org/r/35Bp>.]
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A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>
Date: Fri 20 Sep 2013
Source: Metro News [edited]
<http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/local/2013/09/20/5-cases-of-hepatitis-a-at-bronx-restaurant-health-dept/>
The discovery of 5 cases of hepatitis A at a Bronx restaurant have
alarmed Health Department officials, who are urging other patrons of
the restaurant to seek medical attention as soon as possible.
One employee and 4 patrons at New Hawaii Sea Restaurant in the Bronx
have reportedly been diagnosed with hepatitis A [virus infection]. The
New York City Health Department is warning people who ate at the
restaurant's 1475 Williamsbridge Road location between 7-19 Sep 2013
to get a hepatitis A vaccine as soon as possible. If people are
vaccinated within 14 days of exposure, vaccination can prevent the
disease from occurring.
They said those who consumed food from the restaurant through catering
or delivery should also seek a vaccine, and all leftover food should
be discarded immediately.
Hepatitis A is contracted by consuming food contaminated by someone
with the infection. Symptoms of a hepatitis A infection include
jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhea. People
typically develop symptoms about one month after being infected, the
Health Department said, though it can be as soon as 15 days or take as
long as 50 days.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail from HealthMap Alerts
<promed@promedmail.org>
[Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by hepatitis A virus. The virus
is primarily spread when an uninfected (and unvaccinated) person
ingests food or water that is contaminated with the faeces of an
infected person. The disease is closely associated with a lack of safe
water, inadequate sanitation and poor personal hygiene. Unlike
hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A infection does not cause chronic liver
disease and is rarely fatal, but it can cause debilitating symptoms
and fulminant hepatitis (acute liver failure), which is associated
with high mortality.
According to the World Health Organisation, hepatitis A virus is one
of the most frequent causes of foodborne infection. Hepatitis A
viruses can persist in the environment and can resist food-production
processes routinely used to inactivate and/or control bacterial
pathogens.
Hepatitis A virus is transmitted primarily by the faecal-oral route.
Waterborne outbreaks, though infrequent, are usually associated with
sewage-contaminated or inadequately treated water. In developed
countries with good sanitary and hygienic conditions, infection rates
are low, but disease may occur among adolescents and adults in
high-risk groups, such as injecting-drug users, men who have sex with
men, people travelling to areas of high endemicity, and in isolated
populations such as closed religious communities. However, recently,
ProMED-mail reported a hepatitis A outbreak associated with a
restaurant in New Hampshire, and this may become an additional
occasional route of infection.
There is no specific treatment for hepatitis A. Recovery from symptoms
following infection may be slow and may take several weeks or months.
Therapy is aimed at maintaining comfort and adequate nutritional
balance, including replacement of fluids that are lost from vomiting
and diarrhoea. Nearly 100 percent of people develop protective levels
of antibodies to the virus within one month after a single dose of the
vaccine. Even after exposure to the virus, a single dose of the
vaccine within 2 weeks of contact with the virus has protective
effects. Still, manufacturers recommend 2 vaccine doses to ensure a
longer-term protection of about 5 to 8 years after vaccination.
Further information can be obtained via the WHO website at:
<http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs328/en/index.html>. -
Mod.CP
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at:
<http://healthmap.org/r/35Bp>.]
