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Clinical Features and Transmission Pattern of Hepatitis A: An Experience from a Hepatitis A Outbreak Caused by Two Cocirculating Genotypes in Sri Lanka.

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 5 Oct 2016

Dahanayaka Niroshana J, Kiyohara Tomoko, Agampodi Suneth B, Samaraweera Pradeep K, Kulasooriya Gayani K, Ranasinghe Jagath C, Semage Saveen N, Yoshizaki Sayaka, Wakita Takaji, Ishii Koji

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Sri Lanka is one of the intermediate-endemic areas for hepatitis A virus (HAV), and concerns exist about the increasing HAV-susceptible population. In fact, Sri Lanka recorded a large hepatitis outbreak, possibly hepatitis A, around the end of the Sri Lankan war. It included more than 14,000 patients consisting of local residents, internally displaced personnel, and military personnel in the main combat zone. The...

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PMID: 27382079
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0221
PMCID: PMC5062799

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