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Hepatitis A virus strains circulating during 1997-2015 in Campania, a Southern Italy region with periodic outbreaks.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2017
Costantino Angela, Coppola Nicola, Spada Enea, Bruni Roberto, Taffon Stefania, Equestre Michele, Marcantonio Cinzia, Sagnelli Caterina, Dell'Isola Chiara, Tosone Grazia, Mascolo Silvia, Sagnelli Evangelista, Ciccaglione Anna Rita
Abstract excerpt
In Italy, the incidence of hepatitis A has progressively declined over the last 30 years, though not homogeneously throughout the country. In Campania, Southern Italy, high annual incidence rates have been reported and several periodic outbreaks have occurred. To investigate the phylogenetic and epidemiologic relationships among HAV strains circulating in Campania over the period 1997-2015, 87 hepatitis A cases...
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