Three Briscoe students contract hepatitis A
By Marc Fortier
Staff writer
11/14/2005
BEVERLY -- Three Briscoe Middle School seventh-graders have tested positive for hepatitis A, a viral infection of the liver that is transmitted through direct contact from one person to another.
All three boys are recovering. Unlike hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A is rarely fatal. About three in 1,000 hepatitis A victims die from the disease.
"They're all fine," said Pat Zingariello, the city's public health nurse, of the boys. "The two who were diagnosed last week are still out of school until their symptoms are gone, but they're feeling better."
