date:Jul 08, 2013
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Known as genotype 1B, the virus was found in clinical specimens of 56 people in seven states: AZ (6), CA (15), CO (22), HI (4), NM (4), NV (4) and WI (1), according to CDC. (The Wisconsin resident was exposed in California.)
This genotype was identified in a 2013 outbreak of hepatitis A virus infections in Europe linked to frozen berries and a 2012 outbreak in British Columbia related to a frozen berry blend with pomegranate seeds from Egypt.
CDC cautions that there is no evidence at t