US EditionHepatitis A Outbreak in Naples
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In the south of Italy, there have been significantly more hepatitis A diseases since the beginning of the year than usual. The cause could be contaminated seafood. Now the authorities reacted with a strict ban on consumption.
Also in Torre Annunziata and Torre del Greco mayors prohibit the administration and consumption of raw seafood
There are 51 patients with hepatitis A in the wards of the hospital Cotugno in Naples, 9 people who are in the emergency room. It aggravates the budget of the people admitted,...
Twenty-four new cases of hepatitis A have been reported in the southern Italian region of Campania in just one day. Since the beginning of the year, more than 150 people have already been hospitalized for the liver inflammation. Tests have now revealed the likely cause: the consumption of contaminated shellfish from the Phlegraean Fields area, the region of the supervolcano south of Naples. Several positive samples were found during testing. The…
According to doctors, it is not possible to speak of epidemic. However, the increase in hospitalizations remains: "At the moment we have 51 hospitalized and nine patients in the emergency room" , reports Dr. Raffaele Di Sarno, in charge of the infectious emergency room of the hospital Cotugno. In Naples and Campania the alarm has burst for cases of hepatitis A: 133 those confirmed, with the Municipality that has already ordered with an ordinance…
At the moment, the clinical conditions of the patients admitted do not present any critical aspects.
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