SHOTS TO PREVENT HEPATITIS A AVAILABLE TODAY AT HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Hepatitis A Lawyer

by Angie Newsome
August 29, 2006

ASHEVILLE - The Buncombe County Health Center will offer free shots to prevent an outbreak of hepatitis A from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today and Wednesday.

The shots are in response to two cases of hepatitis A health officials confirmed Monday. The cases add to the 45 cases Carol Schriber, spokeswoman with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, said have been confirmed in North Carolina this year as of June 30.

Beverly Levinson, health center spokesperson, said Tuesday that the cases two cases are thought to be unrelated.

One of the cases, found in a worker at the Biltmore Village restaurant Trevi Pasta Seafood & Pizza, prompted health officials to urge anyone who ate at the restaurant from Aug. 17 to 25, or last Friday, to get a Immune globulin shot. The serum can prevent or reduce symptoms of hepatitis A. Those vaccinated for helpatitis A do not need the shot, however.

Details on the second case are currently unknown.

To contact the health center, call 250-5203.

For more on this story, check back on CITIZEN-TIMES.com or read Wednesday’s Asheville Citizen-Times.

Contact Angie Newsome at 828-232-5856 or via e-mail at anewsome@ashevill.gannett.com.

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