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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A outbreaks and sporadic cases, Latvia, 2017 to 2019.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 1 Mar 2022
Savicka Oksana, Zeltmatis Reinis, Storozenko Jelena
Abstract excerpt
BackgroundHepatitis A is an acute infection of the liver caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV). Molecular detection and typing of the HAV VP1/P2A genomic region is used for genotyping and outbreak investigations. After a large hepatitis A outbreak in Latvia in 2007-08, only sporadic cases were registered until 2017 when a rise in cases occurred. During 2017-19, 179 laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A cases were notified...
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