In the present work, we aimed at determining the relationship between the hepatitis A virus (HAV) numbers in imported frozen coquina clams involved in two hepatitis outbreaks, as well as the risk for human health.

In the present work, we aimed at determining the relationship between the hepatitis A virus (HAV) numbers in imported frozen coquina clams involved in two hepatitis outbreaks, as well as the risk for human health.

GENEVA -- Millions of adults die every year from bugs and toxins in what they eat, according to new World Health Organisation data that shows food-borne diseases are far more deadly than the U.N. agency previously estimated.

Abstract:

New South Wales Health is warning people not to eat semi-dried tomatoes because of fears they are linked to an outbreak of Hepatitis A. There have been dozens of cases of the virus in Victoria. The Department of Health in Victoria is continuing to investigate the outbreak. Of the more than 80 people diagnosed with the virus, two thirds had eaten semi-dried tomatoes.

Hepatitis A is one of the few causes of foodborne illness that only cycles through humans – and their poop. So any outbreak of hepatitis A means human sewage came into contact with the food (which then wasn’t cooked) or someone shedding the virus had a poop, failed to adequately wash their hands, and then prepared an uncooked food.

In September 2005, Tim Emberton sued the Red Lobster restaurant in Bowling Green, and its employee, Carissa Phelps, claiming they gave him Hepatitis-A. A Warren Circuit Court jury found Red Lobster liable, and awarded Emberton $233,000.

Three more lawsuits have been filed against the owners of a Milan, Ill., McDonald's where several customers contracted hepatitis A this summer. The lawsuits were filed by the Rock Island law firm of Michael Warner J. Warner and Associates in Rock Island County Circuit Court. They each name JKLM, Inc., the franchise owner, as a defendant.

ROCK ISLAND -- Three new lawsuits have been filed against the Milan McDonalds in connection with last summer's Hepatitis A outbreak. For the first time, the suits also name Trinity Health Systems and Metro Lab as ''respondents in discovery''. That means lawyers want to hear what the medical facilities knew and when, and could file suit at a later date.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- Trinity Regional Health System has agreed to make a good faith contribution to Rock Island County to help the county recoup some of the expense it incurred in vaccinating the public for a recent outbreak of the Hepatitis A virus.