甲型肝炎的爆发“可能与”来自新鲜百里香商店的黑莓有关

甲型肝炎的爆发“可能与”来自新鲜百里香商店的黑莓有关

An outbreak of hepatitis A in Indiana, Nebraska and Wisconsin has been "potentially linked" to blackberries from the Fresh Thyme chain of grocery stores, authorities say.

当局称，印第安纳州、内布拉斯加州和威斯康辛州爆发的甲型肝炎疫情“可能与”来自百里香连锁店的黑莓有关。

The Food and Drug Administration and US Centers for Disease Control, along with state and local officials, are investigating after people who fell ill reported consuming fresh, non-organic blackberries from the Illinois-based chain.

美国食品和药物管理局和美国疾病控制中心，以及州和地方官员，都在对该事件展开调查。此前有报道称生病的人食用了来自伊利诺伊州的这家连锁超市的新鲜非有机黑莓。

So far, a total of 11 people have gotten sick, six of them in Nebraska. Six people have been hospitalized.

到目前为止，共有11人患病，其中6人来自内布拉斯加州。目前已有6人住院治疗。

According to the FDA, the blackberries came from a distribution center that ships to Fresh Thyme stores in 11 states: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

据美国食品和药物管理局称，黑莓来自一个配送中心，该中心将黑莓运送到11个州的新鲜百里香商店:爱荷华州、伊利诺伊州、印第安纳州、肯塔基州、密歇根州、密苏里州、明尼苏达州、内布拉斯加州、俄亥俄州、宾夕法尼亚州和威斯康星州。

The FDA is urging people not to eat any fresh blackberries purchased from Fresh Thyme stores between September 9 and 30.

美国食品药品监督管理局敦促人们在9月9日至9月30日期间不要食用从新鲜百里香商店购买的任何新鲜黑莓。

Anyone in the 11 states listed who has eaten those blackberries and hasn't been vaccinated for hepatitis A should contact their healthcare provider about post-exposure prophylaxis, which can reduce the risk of infection for people who haven't been vaccinated.

在这11个州中，任何食用过黑莓但没有接种甲型肝炎疫苗的人都应该联系他们的医疗服务提供者，了解接触后预防措施，这可以降低未接种者的感染风险。

Fresh Thyme said it was working with investigators to identify the source of contamination, adding that there was "no reason to believe" that the blackberries were contaminated through handling at its stores.

鲜百里香商店表示，它正在与调查人员合作，以确定污染源，并补充说，“没有理由相信”黑莓是通过其商店的处理而受到污染的。

"Fresh Thyme takes the health and safety of our customers and our team members very seriously," the company said in a statement. "Fresh Thyme Farmers Market has a stringent process for ensuring compliance to all local, state and federal health and hygiene regulations."

公司在一份声明中说:“新鲜百里香非常重视客户和团队成员的健康和安全。”“新鲜百里香农贸市场有一个严格的流程，以确保遵守所有地方、州和联邦卫生法规。”

Hepatitis A infections increasing

甲型肝炎感染增加

Hepatitis A is a highly contagious infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus. Though it can be prevented by vaccines, it has seen a resurgence among US adults in the last few years.

甲型肝炎是由甲型肝炎病毒引起的一种高度传染性的肝脏感染。虽然它可以通过疫苗来预防，但在过去几年里，它在美国成年人中再度爆发。

Symptoms of hepatitis A, which include fever, fatigue, low appetite, nausea and vomiting, typically start appearing four weeks after exposure, though the CDC notes that they can occur as early as two weeks and as late as seven weeks after exposure.

甲型肝炎的症状包括发烧、疲劳、食欲不振、恶心和呕吐，这些症状通常在接触后4周开始出现，不过美国疾病控制与预防中心指出，这些症状可能在接触后2周或7周出现。

Symptoms usually end within two months, and most people who get hepatitis A recover completely and don't have lasting liver damage. In rare cases, the infection can cause liver failure and death.

症状通常在两个月内结束，大多数甲型肝炎患者完全康复，没有后续的肝损伤。在极少数情况下，感染会导致肝功能衰竭和死亡。

Hepatitis A is transmitted by eating contaminated food, through close personal and sexual contact, or through drug use.

甲型肝炎是通过食用受污染的食物、密切的个人和性接触或药物使用传播的。