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Blood safety assessment of hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen pomegranate arils: are foodborne outbreaks an emerging blood safety risk?
Transfusion - 1 Dec 2019
Styles Claire E, Hoad Veronica C, Kiely Philip, Seed Clive R, Gosbell Iain B
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BACKGROUND: Foodborne hepatitis A virus (HAV) outbreaks are becoming more common in high-income countries with low HAV incidence, and the associated blood safety risk may not be adequately mitigated by routine HAV risk mitigation strategies. This study describes the rapid risk modeling undertaken in response to a 2018 HAV outbreak in Australia associated with imported frozen pomegranate arils. STUDY DESIGN AND...
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