Biobío: more than half of hepatitis A infections are caused by consumption of contaminated raw seafood

By Bruno Rozas Hinayado During the past year, 469 cases of hepatitis A were reported in the region, a figure that exceeds the usual average and keeps the health authorities on alert. Until last summer, only in the first two weeks of the year, 18 cases had been reported in the region, 14 of them validated, representing a rate of 0.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The majority of cases are concentrated in the province of Concepción and mainly affe…