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The Molecular Characterization of Hepatitis A Virus Strains Circulating during Hepatitis A Outbreaks in São Paulo, Brazil, from September 2017 to May 2019.
Viruses - 31 Dec 2021
Chuffi Samira, Gomes-Gouvêa Michele S, Casadio Luciana V B, Nastri Ana Catharina S S, Gonzalez Mario P, Cotia André L F, Aranda Amanda G D, Tenore Simone B, Ono Suzane K, Malta Fernanda M, Madalosso Geraldine, Ferreira Paulo R A, Carrilho Flair J, Pinho João R R
Abstract excerpt
Outbreaks of hepatitis A may occur in countries of medium and high socioeconomic levels in which the population generally exhibits an increased susceptibility in young adults to this infection if they are not vaccinated against the hepatitis A virus (HAV). In Europe, an outbreak involved approximately 22 European countries with 4475 cases reported from 2016 to 2018; most of them were men who have sex with men...
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