Los Angeles County has declared a communitywide outbreak of hepatitis A, a highly contagious viral disease that can lead to lasting liver damage or even death. Although cases of hepatitis A are ...

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).

Los Angeles County is facing a community-wide outbreak of the contagious virus hepatitis A, citing a sustained increase in clinical cases and elevated virus levels detected in wastewater testing.

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.