Investigating a community wide outbreak of hepatitis A in Kerala, India.

Background: There was an outbreak of acute hepatitis in Nellikuzhy panchayat of Kothamangalam taluk, Ernakulam district, Kerala, during November and early December 2016. Objective of this study is to describe the epidemiological features of the outbreak and to identify the probable source.

Materials And Methods: The outbreak was defined in terms of time, place, and person.