Los Angeles County has declared a communitywide outbreak of hepatitis A, a contagious viral disease that can lead to lasting ...

That said the results are plausible, in the sense that they are consistent with the pathophysiology of hepatitis and in line with what was found in non-practice settings (see literature review above).

Shrivastava S, Petrone J, Steele R, Lauer GM, Bisceglie AM, Ray RB. Upregulation of circulating miR-20a is correlated with hepatitis C virus mediated liver disease progression. Hepatology.