A woman who asked 6 News not to use her name said she was one of the confirmed Hepatitis A cases in Campbell County.
July 15, 2005
KNOXVILLE (WATE) — Health authorities in two East Tennessee counties are reporting eight confirmed cases of Hepatitis A.
Seven of the case are in Campbell County, with one in Scott County.
The Regional Health Department told 6 News five of the cases were just confirmed this week. The first was discovered June 25.
So far, no common source linking these cases has been found. It is possible the recent cases are linked to the Hepatitis A outbreak 6 News was first to report in April.

But the health department is treating these latest cases as a new contamination. Officials are finishing up interviews that they hope will pinpoint the cause.
One of the people infected says she started feeling sick three weeks ago. The woman, who asked 6 News not to use her name, said she had a headache, was vomiting, and then her skin started turning yellow.
A trip to the hospital confirmed she was infected with Hepatitis A.
“I laid up in that hospital and prayed that God would not let me wake up,” she told 6 News. “It was that bad.”
But the woman says she mostly feared for the health of her baby girl. “My baby is five months old and I was breast feeding her and I had to take her to get blood work done and watch her be poked. That was the worst part.”
The woman adds she didn’t know anyone who was infected from the first outbreak in April.
“I think they need to tell. If it’s coming from a restaurant or it’s coming from a person, let people know so they can stay away until they get it cleaned up,” she said.
The woman’s husband and two other young children got an injection to protect them from the virus. She is still waiting to see if her five-month-old daughter is sick and expects the blood test results to be complete next week.
But after a trip to the Campbell County Health Department, she says she feels more people than just eight people are infected with the virus.
Other recent Hepatitis A outbreaks
In April, 2005 , 23 cases were discovered. Most were in Campbell County, with the others in Scott and Anderson counties. Though the health department questioned several people and tested several places, a source was never tracked down.
6 News was first to uncover an outbreak in September 2003, which was linked to the O’Charley’s restaurant in Turkey Creek. Thousands of people were vaccinated. At least 77 people were infected and one man’s family claims he died from complications. The contamination was tracked down to a supply of green onions that came to East Tennessee from Mexico.