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Epidemiological and genetic analysis of a 2014 outbreak of hepatitis A in Japan.
Vaccine - 9 Nov 2015
Ishii Koji, Kiyohara Tomoko, Yoshizaki Sayaka, Kawabata Kunio, Kanayama Atsuhiro, Yahata Yuichiro, Takahashi Takuri, Kinoshita Hitomi, Saitou Takehito, Sunagawa Tomimasa, Oishi Kazunori, Uema Masashi, Noda Mamoru, Wakita Takaji
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is one of the most common causes of feces-transmitted acute hepatitis worldwide. In Japan, most of HAV infections have been sporadic cases and a relatively low number of cases (approximately 100-150) of acute hepatitis A were reported in 2012 and 2013. However, in 2014, 342 cases were reported as of week 22. In order to characterize the viral agents causing this outbreak, we collected...
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