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Recovery and sequence analysis of hepatitis a virus from springwater implicated in an outbreak of acute viral hepatitis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2008
Tallon Lindsay A, Love David C, Moore Zack S, Sobsey Mark D
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of acute hepatitis A virus in North Carolina was linked to drinking water from a contaminated shallow spring by phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis A virus (HAV) genomic sequences. Detection of HAV and fecal indicators in the water provided useful and timely information to assist with public health prevention and control measures.
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