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Officials said there is a small rise of exposure to the hepatitis A virus for people who ate food at the Apple Crate Café near Saskatoon between Dec. 28-30 and on Jan. 13.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority says an employee who handled food at the restaurant was working while infectious.

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Anyone who ate at the restaurant located at the Glen at Crossmount on the dates in question should contact the public health disease control office in Saskatoon at 306-655-4612 if they have not already been contacted through the public health investigation.

The hepatitis A virus is transmitted through contaminated food and water and can cause a serious liver disease.

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It can be passed by an infectious person who doesn’t wash their hands and then touches food or drinks that are later consumed.

Symptoms of hepatitis A include a loss of appetite, mild flu-like symptoms, severe abdominal pain and diarrhea, nausea, tiredness, fever and jaundice.