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Hepatitis A outbreak predominantly affecting men who have sex with men in Northern Ireland, October 2008 to July 2009.

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 3 Mar 2011

Sfetcu O, Irvine N, Ngui S L, Emerson C, McCaughey C, Donaghy P

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We describe an outbreak of hepatitis A which evolved in Northern Ireland between October 2008 and July 2009, against a background of large concurrent hepatitis A outbreaks in various parts of Europe. Thirty-eight cases were defined as outbreak cases using a stratified case definition; 36 were males with a median age of 29 years and of the 28 males whose sexual orientation was known, 26 were men who have sex with...

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