Hepatitis E outbreak among factory workers due to contaminated factory water, Mandya District, Karnataka, India, 2015

摘要

Background: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the leading cause of acute viral hepatitis with over 2 billion cases per year. In India, HEV accounts for 60% of acute viral hepatitis cases. On 10 July 2015, Mandya district in Karnataka, India reported 50 cases of jaundice from factory A. We investigated to describe the outbreak, identify risk factors and propose recommendations.