Article
International linkage of two food-borne hepatitis A clusters through traceback of mussels, the Netherlands, 2012.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 1 Jan 2016
Boxman Ingeborg L A, Verhoef Linda, Vennema Harry, Ngui Siew-Lin, Friesema Ingrid H M, Whiteside Chris, Lees David, Koopmans Marion
Abstract excerpt
This report describes an outbreak investigation starting with two closely related suspected food-borne clusters of Dutch hepatitis A cases, nine primary cases in total, with an unknown source in the Netherlands. The hepatitis A virus (HAV) genotype IA sequences of both clusters were highly similar (459/460 nt) and were not reported earlier. Food questionnaires and a case-control study revealed an association with...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
