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An Outbreak Among Hospital Personnel

Charles H. Hennekens, MD

JAMA. 1973;225(4):407-408.

Abstract
During an 11-month period, 11 cases of viral hepatitis were recognized in personnel of a hospital in Miami Beach, Fla. Epidemiologic evidence suggested that a single hemodialysis patient, an asymptomatic carrier of hepatitis B antigen, was the source of hepatitis virus for ten of the 11 cases.

Author Affiliations
From the Epidemiology Program, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, and Dade County Department of Public Health, Miami, Fla. Dr. Hennekens is now at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami (Fla) School of Medicine.

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