Hepatitis A spreads by mouth via traces of fecal matter from an infected person, the health department said.

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They were also beaten and made to drink water dirtied with fecal matter.

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All foods like meat which ferment in the bowel should be avoided to prevent the accumulation of fecal matter in the colon.

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"From what I understand, they're walking around in a lot of urine and fecal matter, and the sewers are backing up, " McKerreghan said.

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