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A multistate outbreak of hepatitis A associated with semidried tomatoes in Australia, 2009.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Mar 2012
Donnan Ellen J, Fielding James E, Gregory Joy E, Lalor Karin, Rowe Stacey, Goldsmith Paul, Antoniou Mira, Fullerton Kathleen E, Knope Katrina, Copland Joy G, Bowden D Scott, Tracy Samantha L, Hogg Geoffrey G, Tan Agnes, Adamopoulos Jim, Gaston Joanna, Vally Hassan
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BACKGROUND: A large outbreak of hepatitis A affected individuals in several Australian states in 2009, resulting in a 2-fold increase in cases reported to state health departments compared with 2008. Two peaks of infection occurred (April-May and September-November), with surveillance data suggesting locally acquired infections from a widely distributed food product. METHODS: Two case-control studies were...
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