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Frozen raspberries and hepatitis A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

T. M. S. Reid  and
H. G. Robinson
T. M. S. Reid
Affiliation:
Regional Laboratory, City Hospital, Aberdeen
H. G. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Grampian Health Board, Aberdeen
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An outbreak of 24 cases of hepatitis A in Aberdeen was traced to a large hotel in the city by epidemiological investigation. Food-specific questioning of those affected, their fellow diners and hotel staff, coupled with serological studies, implicated raspberry mousse prepared from frozen raspberries as the source of the infection. The raspberries were probably contaminated at the time of picking.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 98 , Issue 1 , February 1987 , pp. 109 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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