Campbell County offering hepatitis-A vaccine to students
October 13, 2005
KNOXVILLE (AP) -- Campbell County health officials are offering hepatitis-A vaccinations after the disease infected several residents over the spring and summer.
Hepatitis-A symptoms include mild fever, loss of appetite, nausea, diarrhea, tiredness, dark urine and jaundice. The viral disease is often is spread by poor hygiene.
Several people were urged to receive serum globulin injections last month after a restaurant worker in Jacksboro was found to be infected. Officials said the outbreak didn't begin at the restaurant, though.
Health officials say the vaccination is a different shot and even people who received the globulin should take it.
The vaccine is being offered first to the county school system's 6,000 students at no charge. They'll be vaccinated at school, beginning Monday, by Health Department and school nurses. There will be vaccination clinics at all 14 county schools.
Another 2,000 donated doses of the vaccine will be administered sometime in November to Campbell County adults.
