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INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS: REPORT OF AN OUTBREAK, APPARENTLY WATER‐BORNE, IN AN INSTITUTION
Author(s) -
Rennie T. F.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb87345.x
Subject(s) - outbreak , circumstantial evidence , virology , hepatitis , medicine , environmental health , geography , archaeology
A small outbreak of infectious hepatitis in an institution for the intellectually handicapped is reported. There were 13 cases, 11 of which occurred within nine days. There is strong circumstantial evidence to suggest that the outbreak was waterborne.