An outbreak of Hepatitis A has struck Sydney, with 12 reported cases over a five week period, 10 of which caught the disease on home soil. The average incidence of the disease is two locally-acquired cases per year. Health authorities in Australia have launched an investigation into possible causes, including food contamination and overseas outbreaks. No common food link has been found, although the outbreak bears similarities to an ongoing epidemic affecting over a thousand people in Europe, suspected to have been caused by lettuce.
An outbreak of Hepatitis A has struck Sydney, with 12 reported cases over a five week period, 10 of which caught the disease on home soil. The average incidence of the disease is two locally-acquired cases per year. Health authorities in New South Wales have launched an investigation into possible causes, including food contamination and overseas outbreaks. No common food link has been found, although the outbreak bears similarities to an ongoing epidemic affecting over a thousand people in Europe, suspected to have been caused by lettuce.