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Hepatitis A Outbreaks and Environmental Circulation of Genotype IA Strains in the São Paulo City, 2017-2018.
Food and environmental virology - 1 Dec 2021
Prado Tatiana, Barbosa Mikaela Renata Funada, Araújo Ronalda Silva, Garcia Suzi Cristina, Melo Adalgisa Jesus, Galvani Ana Tereza, Brandão Carlos Jesus, Silva Renan Lourenço Oliveira, Sato Maria Inês Zanoli
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the major cause of enterically transmitted infectious hepatitis. Between 2016 and 2017, the number of confirmed cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) increased from 64 to 786 in São Paulo affecting mainly adults aged between 18 and 39 years (80%) and males (88%). To support epidemiological surveillance, the present study monitored the presence of HAV in urban sewage samples collected...
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