Hepatitis A outbreak investigated in Wales

According to BBC News, a cluster of hepatitis A cases in Cardiff, Wales may be linked.

Or maybe not.

I can’t tell. images-11

The children attend three different schools but there is no evidence at the moment of further transmission within the schools.

One case is known to have acquired the infection outside of the UK, say health officials.

Vaccination is being offered to around 20 close contacts of the three children who may be at risk.

A vaccination session will be held at 09:30 BST on Friday in the Loudon building, Loudon Square, Cardiff.

Only those who have been invited need attend.

All three schools, which are not being named, have received advice on the control and prevention of infection.

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Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.