弗吉尼亚州卫生官员日前表示，已经有40例甲型肝炎病例确认与该州各处“热带冰品”简餐室供应的奶昔中的冷冻草莓有关，这一数字在不到一周的时间就由28例增加到了40例。
Virginia health officials say there are now 40 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A that are connected to frozen strawberries used at Tropical Smoothie Cafe locations across the state, up from 28 cases less than a week ago.
弗吉尼亚州卫生部在新闻通报会上说，55%的被感染居民已经入院接受治疗。
The Virginia Department of Health said in a news release that about 55 percent of the infected residents have been hospitalized.
该州内有超过500家“热带冰品”的分店，而弗吉尼亚州也不是唯一一个受影响的州。
There are more than 500 of the smoothie franchises across the country, and Virginia is not the only state affected.
这些可能受到污染的草莓全部来自埃及，最晚已于8月8日到9日开始在96家分店下架。
All the potentially contaminated Egyptian-sourced berries were pulled from the 96 Tropical Smoothie Cafe locations in Virginia no later than Aug. 8 or Aug. 9.
官员表示，目前可能还存在更多病例，因为一些症状的潜伏期达到了50天。甲型肝炎病毒会影响肝脏。
Officials say more cases could emerge, since some symptoms take as many as 50 days to emerge. The Hepatitis A virus affects the liver.