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Outbreak of hepatitis A in an extended family after importation by non-immune travellers.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Oct 2012
Kumbang J, Ejide S, Tedder R S, Ngui S L
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The incidence of hepatitis A in England has declined in recent years, but travel-related cases and imported infections remain a challenge. We report an outbreak of hepatitis A in an extended family where two primary cases were infected while in Pakistan and two secondary cases were infected in England. All four were infected by the same genotype IIIA virus. Testing of the children in the extended family by dried...
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