Disney World Restaurant Worker Tests Positive for Hepatitis A, No Others Infected

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A restaurant worker atWalt Disney Worldin Orlando was diagnosed with hepatitis A, according to Florida’s Department of Health. The theme park says that no other employees or guests have been infected.

The employee was part of the cast at the Hoop-De-Doo Musical Revue, one of the dinner theater options at the Fort Wilderness Campgroundin the Magic Kingdom Resort.

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The Hoop-De-Doo Musical Revue is still open, but it was fully cleaned and sanitized as a precaution.

Hepatitis A is ahighly contagious liver infectionthat typically spreads between food, drinks and other objects. People who are infected develop flu-like symptoms including fever, nausea, abdominal pain and darkened urine. The symptoms typically do not appear for at least two weeks and the illness lasts for several more, but patients typically make a full recovery. In rare cases,hepatitis Acan lead to deaths in people over age 50.

source: people.com