By IDSE News Staff
Blueberries might be a superfood, but these and other berries can also be chock-full of hepatitis A. Several multistate outbreaks of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection have been linked to fresh and frozen berries, but finding which ones could lead to human infections is a difficult task, according to a presentation at ASM Microbe 2024, held in Atlanta.
Although the FDA conducts microbiological surveillance, the current methods of detection are lengthy, labor-intensive and