Hepatitis A Outbreak in Kentucky
The hepatitis A outbreak in Fayette, Kentucky, continues to spread, although at a slower rate. According to health department officials, a third-grader at Tates Creek Elementary School has been diagnosed with hepatitis A. The third-grader is a sibling to a preschool student at Yates Elementary school who was diagnosed with the virus in March.
Family members of a person infected with hepatitis A are at higher risk to contract the disease. Health officials administered free hepatitis A immunizations to children and school staff members in the affected classes and the school has been cleaned and sanitized. Because hepatitis A has an incubation period of between 15 and 50 days, it will not be known whether the infected third-grader transmitted the virus to anyone else at Tates Creek Elementary.
