Hepatitis A Outbreak Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Yokohama, Japan, January to May 2018.

Authors :: Yoshimura Y
Horiuchi H
Sawaki K
Miyata N
Kumazaki M
Usuku S
Tachikawa N
Source :: Sexually transmitted diseases [Sex Transm Dis] 2019 Mar; Vol. 46 (3), pp. e26-e27.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: Between January and May in 2018, 17 male cases of hepatitis A were reported in Yokohama, Japan. Of these, 14 identified as men who have sex with men. The viral sequence in this outbreak was same as that of the recent European and Taiwanese outbreaks strain.

Subjects :: Adult
Genotype
Hepatitis A virology
Hepatitis A Virus, Human genetics
Hepatitis A Virus, Human immunology
Humans
Japan epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
RNA, Viral genetics
Sequence Analysis, RNA
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Serologic Tests
Viral Structural Proteins genetics
Young Adult
Disease Outbreaks
Hepatitis A epidemiology
Homosexuality, Male
Sexual and Gender Minorities

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