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American Airlines Passengers May Have Hepatitis A Due to Sick Flight Attendant

Based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, several passengers on board an American Airlines flight could become infected with a flight attendant hepatitis A virus, writes Fox Business.

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According to the airline, the infection could have occurred on September 21 during a flight from San Francisco to Charlotte, North Carolina.

Mecklenburg County Department of Health officials interviewed all 18 passengers who were on board the flight from California at that time. According to Department Spokeswoman Rebecca Carter, all passengers were vaccinated against hepatitis A.

This virus causes liver disease. It is characterized by symptoms such as fatigue, poor appetite, abdominal pain, nausea and jaundice, which usually disappear after about two months, the website reports. CDC .

American Airlines and CDC officials are investigating the nature of the impact.

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“Usually the virus is transmitted from person to person through the fecal-oral route or through the use of contaminated food or water,” the website says.

According to the message ABC News, American Airlines will not publicly confirm whether one of its flight attendants had hepatitis A or any other medical condition.

Meanwhile, American Airlines spokeswoman Crystal Bird assured potential passengers that the airline is working closely with the CDC to "coordinate health and safety related measures."

“The safety of our customers and team members is our top priority,” Bird said in a statement on behalf of American Airlines.

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“We are in close contact with representatives of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and representatives of public health, so we will coordinate with them any necessary measures related to health and safety,” she added.

Federal health officials say the country is in the midst of an outbreak of hepatitis A.

Since 2012, the number of cases of hepatitis A in the United States has been increasing. Since outbreaks were recorded in 2016, the CDC lists 30 states that reported cases of the disease. According to the website Mecklenburg County Department of Health , as of September 27 of 2019, 26 276 cases of the disease were registered, including 15 819 cases of hospitalization and 268 deaths.

Only between April 2018 and June 2019, 39 cases of hepatitis A were reported in Mecklenburg County, health officials said.

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