title: Outbreak of hepatitis A in Korean military personnel.
abstract: This report describes a hepatitis A outbreak among Korean military personnel. Each case of hepatitis A in this outbreak was defined as a person who had symptoms compatible with acute viral hepatitis A and had positive HAV IgM between May 2 and August 14, 2007 in Inje district, Gangwon, Korea. We tested 70 cases with symptoms for HAV IgM, and 67 cases showed positive results. They included 4 sergeants, 1 officer and 62 privates. A positive result for HAV IgG among asymptomatic military personnel was seen in 11.8% of cases. This epidemic occurred after a heavy rainfall in the military compound area where drinking water was supplied by the stream water. After the outbreak, the supply of drinking water was switched to a public water system. All of 178 military personnel who had no HAV IgG were vaccinated on July 26, 2007. The outbreak was resolved after the control measures were implemented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chang-Seop
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ju-Hyung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Keun-Sang
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000821:virology; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D035922:Hepatitis A Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D030041:Hepatitis A virus / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008889:Military Personnel; D014876:Water Pollution; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D035922:Hepatitis A Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M