Mass. doctor on hepatitis A-outbreak linked to strawberry
Updated: 5:24 PM EDT May 31, 2022
OU CAN GET SOME RELIEF IN THE MEANTIME. JESSICA: I FEEL IT OUT THERE, MARY, THANK YOU. 5 ON YOUR HEALTH. ORGANIC STRAWBERRIES REMAIN THE LIKE LEAST CAUSE OF AN HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK THAT HAS INFECTED MO RE THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE IN THE U.S. AND CANADA. HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IS DR. TODD ELLERIN, CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT SOUTH SHORE HEAL.TH THANKS BEING WITH US. ED: THE ONLY STATES IDENTIFIED IN THE C.D.C. HEAHLT ADVISORY SO FAR ARE CALIFORNIA, MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA. SO WHAT’S THE RISK THAT THE SPREAD, YOU DON’T SEE ANYTHING THIS DIRECTION EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, SO WHAT’S THE RISK OF IT GETTING HERE? >> SO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A MULTISTATE OUTBREAK OF HEPATITIS AULTISTATE OUTBREAK OF HEPATITIS VIRUS. SO THIS VIRUS HAS AN INCUBATION PERIOD BETWEEN TWO WEEKS AND TWO MONTHS, BUT MOST CASES OCCUR IN THE FIRST MOH,NT SO THE CURRENT ORGANIC STRAWBERRIES FROM FRESH CAMP THAT ARE BEING RESTRICTED RIGHT NOW THAT ARE THOUGHT TO BE THE CAUCASIAN, IT’S BETWEEN MARCH 5ND A APR IL22, SO IF YOU DO THAT MATH, WE’RE OUT ABOUT SIX EKWES. SO MOST CASES HAVE PROBABLY BEEN IDENTIFIED SO FAR. IT’S POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE A FEW MORE CASES, I THINK MOST LIKELY MASSACHUSETTS WILLOT N SEE ANY OR MAYBE WILL SEE A FEW. JESSICA: GOOD TO KNOW. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO FARM STAND SEASON. FOLKS ARE THINKING SHOULD WE BE WORRIED WHAIST ON THE FRUIT BEFORE YOU EAT IT, ARE YOU CONCERNEDT AALL? >> REMEMBER THE ADAGE, WASH YOUR HANDS, WASH THE FRUSIT AND VEGETABLES, MAKE SURE YOUR COUNTER TOPS OR CUTTING BOARDS ARE CLN.EA THAT’S IMPORTANT. THERE SEASON AOLD SAYING, BOIL IT, PEEL IT, COOK IT, WASH IT OR FORGET IT. I THINK THAT MESAK SENSE HERE. ED: HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATINGNO AERTH HEPATITIS OUTBREAK CAUSING SEVERE DISEASE IN OTHERWISE HEALTHY CHILDR.EN COULD THERE BE ANY CONNECTION, DO YOU THINK? >> THERE IS DEFINITELY NO CONNECTION TO THIS BECAUSE REMEMBER WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH ETH ORGANIC STRAWBERRY OUTBREAK WHICH IS HEPATITIS A VIRUS. WITH THIS MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS THAT HAS INFECTED 650ID KS WORLDWIDE, MOST OF THEM UNDER 5, WE DON’T KNO WWHAT THE EXACT CAUSE IS. WE THINK IT MAY BE FROM AN ADENO VIRUS TYPE, NUMBER 41, THAT’S TNO DEFINITIVE, BUT HELP TIGHTIS A HAS BEEN DEFINITIVELY REDUL T.OU JESSICA: WE KNOW THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS MOST OF THE KSID INFECTED IN THE HEPATITIS OUTBREAK GOT SICK IN MARCH AND APRIL. DO YOU THINK THE NEW CASES MIGHT BE OVER, THERE WON’T BE ANYTHING NEW COMING DOWN THE PIPE IF ANY, UYO MENTIONED JUST MAYBE A COUPLE, HOPEFULLY THAT’S GOING TO BE THE CASE? >> REMEMBER, BEFORE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FRESH STRAWBERRY,HE T ORGANIC STRAWBERRIES IN HEPATITIS A. WITH THE NEXT THING, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HEPATITIS, IT HASN’TEEN B IDENTIFIED, WE’RE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE CULPRIT IS STILL MYSTERIOUS, WE’RE THINKING MAYBE OAD VIERUS WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN HEPATITIS A. WHILE I WANT TO SAY IT’S OVER, IT’S STILL WAITS TO BE SEEN HOW MANY CASES THERE ARE. ED: GREAT TO SEE YOU, THE GLASSES LOOK GREAT BY THE WAY, TA KE CARE. >> OLD MAN EYES. :ED HELLO! [LAUGHTER] JESSICA: BY THE WAY TO OUR VIEWERS, IF
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Mass. doctor on hepatitis A-outbreak linked to strawberry
Updated: 5:24 PM EDT May 31, 2022
Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, talks about a Hepatitis A outbreak in kids linked to strawberries.
Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, talks about a Hepatitis A outbreak in kids linked to strawberries.
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