Ziping Miao, Kexin Cao, Xiaoyue Wu, Chenye Zhang, Jian Gao, Yin Chen, Zhou Sun, Xiaobin Ren, Yijuan Chen, Mengya Yang, Can Chen, Daixi Jiang, Yuxia Du, Xin Lv, Shigui Yang
Hepatitis E infection is typically caused by contaminated water or food. In July and August 2022, an outbreak of hepatitis E was reported in a nursing home in Zhejiang Province, China. Local authorities and workers took immediate actions to confirm the outbreak, investigated the sources of infection and routes of transmission, took measures to terminate the outbreak, and summarized the lessons learned. An epidemiological investigation was conducted on all individuals in the nursing home, including demographic information, clinical symptoms, history of dietary, water intake and contact...
March 25, 2024: International Journal of Food Microbiology