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Extensive hepatitis A outbreak in an urban childcare facility in Ireland, associated with considerable adult morbidity.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Apr 2018
O'Connor L, McGovern E, O'Meara M, Dean J, Ward M, O'Connor M
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Hepatitis A infection results in a spectrum of illness from asymptomatic disease to severe fulminant hepatitis. Since 2000, <50 cases have been reported annually in Ireland. We report on an outbreak of hepatitis A associated with a childcare facility(CCF) in 2015 in Ireland. Between January and July 2015, 12 outbreak-associated symptomatic hepatitis A cases were identified, including one delayed, retrospective...
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