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Dr. Stanley M. Lemon, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, weighed in on the rarity of hepatitis outbreaks with The Wall Street Journal.
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While hepatitis A can spread among people, it is unlikely that the strawberries would cause a huge outbreak unless a food handler was infected, Dr. Lemon said.
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