The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department announced Friday afternoon that an employee at a restaurant has been diagnosed with a confirmed case of hepatitis A.

The employee works at the Frisch's at 1927 Harrodsburg Road. The health department says customers who ate at the restaurant between October 10 and October 28 may have been exposed to the virus.

While the health department points out it's uncommon for restaurant customers to become infected with the virus from an infected food handler, health officials still advise any customer who ate at the Frisch's during that time to get a hepatitis A vaccination.

Symptoms of hepatitis A are fatigue, decreased appetite, stomach pain, nausea, darkened urine, pale stools and jaundice.

The best ways to prevent hepatitis A are to get vaccinated and to practice good hand washing.

Kentucky's hepatitis A outbreak includes more than 2,000 cases, and 16 people have died.