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Hepatitis A virus subtype IB outbreak among MSM in Hungary with a link to a frozen berry source.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2024
Dencs Ágnes, Hettmann Andrea, Barcsay Erzsébet, Rusvai Erzsébet, Kozma Emese, Takács Mária
Abstract excerpt
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk of acquiring hepatitis A virus (HAV) and in recent years several HAV outbreaks mostly affecting MSM have been described. These outbreaks were caused by subtype IA strains circulating in this high-risk population. After years of low incidence, an outbreak among MSM in Hungary caused a significant increase in reported HAV infections in 2022. Samples from 224 HAV...
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