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Friday, December 16, 2011

Outbreak of Hepatitis A on Vancouver Island Hitting Aboriginals Hard

Aboriginal people on the West Coast of Vancouver Island are being hit hard by an outbreak of Hepatitis A, according to Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) chief medical health officer Paul Hasselback.

“Of the last 17 cases that were diagnosed, 15 of them are from the Alberni Valley and West Coast,” Hasselback said in early December. “We’ve seen clusters of Hep A in various locations, but right now the cluster is there.”


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