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Outbreak of Hepatitis A Linked to Frozen Blueberries, the Netherlands, 2024-2025.

Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2026

Friesema Ingrid H M, Boxman Ingeborg L A, Slegers-Fitz-James Ife A, van Brug Heather E, Elzakkers Jessica C J, Sips Gregorius J, Verspui-van der Eijk Ellen P A, Adriaansens Dana L L, Dusseldorp Florien, Feenstra Sabiena G, Vennema Harry, Franz Eelco

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Twenty-four patients in the Netherlands who became ill during November 2024-February 2025 were part of a hepatitis A virus genotype IA cluster. Consumption data combined with detection of RNA of the hepatitis A outbreak strain in a food product pointed toward frozen blueberries from a specific supermarket chain as the source.

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PMID: 42521641
DOI: 10.3201/eid3208.251406
PMCID: PMC13426843

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