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Two concurrent outbreaks of hepatitis A highlight the risk of infection for non-immune travellers to Morocco, January to June 2018
- Source :
- Repisalud, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Eurosurveillance
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 2018.
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Abstract
- From January to June 2018, two ongoing hepatitis A outbreaks affected travellers returning from Morocco and cases in Europe without travel history, resulting in 163 patients in eight European countries. Most interviewed travel-related cases were unaware of the hepatitis A risk in Morocco. Molecular analysis revealed two distinct hepatitis A virus (HAV) strains (subgenotype IA DK2018_231; subgenotype IB V18-16428). Vaccination recommendations should be emphasised to increase awareness among non-immune travellers to Morocco and HAV-endemic countries. First, we thank the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)’s Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses team, particularly Ettore Severi and Johanna Takkinen for their support of this joint investigation. We also thank Lelia Thornton, HSE - Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland for sharing information on the Irish hepatitis A patient. Moreover, we greatly acknowledge the work of local and state health departments for their support of epidemiological investigations and molecular surveillance. Sí
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Adult
Male
food-borne infections
Epidemiology
030106 microbiology
610 Medizin
Food-borne infections
imported viral diseases
Disease Outbreaks
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Immune system
Virology
Environmental health
hepatitis A virus
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
ddc:610
Travel
business.industry
Risk of infection
Vaccination
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Outbreaks
Hepatitis A
Outbreak
medicine.disease
Hepatitis a virus
Molecular analysis
Europe
Morocco
outbreaks
Female
Hepatitis A virus
business
610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Imported viral diseases
human activities
Rapid Communication
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Repisalud, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Eurosurveillance
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c4af91d27ca50c4d6fcfcf89a548a6a0