By LORI KERSEY
Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 33-year-old Kanawha County man is the first death associated with the hepatitis A outbreak in West Virginia, the state Department of Health and Human Resources said Thursday.
The man, who died Tuesday, had other existing illnesses besides hepatitis A that also contributed to his death, state health officer Dr. Rahul Gupta said during a news conference Thursday afternoon.
Gupta said the man had been hospitalized since early April. He was taken out of state for treatment for a time but was brought back to West Virginia, where he died, Gupta said. He said the man had liver failure that caused multiple other organ failures.
(Gazette-Mail photo by Chris Dorst)
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