Hepatitis A outbreak disproportionately affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) in the European Union and European Economic Area, June 2016 to May 2017

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-376051
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.37605

Ndumbi, Patricia ; Freidl, Gudrun S. ; Williams, Christopher J. ; Mårdh, Otilia ; Varela, Carmen ; Avellón, Ana ; Friesema, Ingrid ; Vennema, Harry ; Beebeejaun, Kazim ; Ngui, Siew Lin ; Edelstein, Michael ; Smith-Palmer, Alison ; Murphy, Niamh ; Dean, Jonathan ; Faber, Mirko

; Wenzel, Jürgen J.

; Kontio, Mia ; Müller, Luise ; Midgley, Sofie Elisabeth ; Sundqvist, Lena ; Ederth, Josefine Lundberg ; Roque-Afonso, Anne-Marie ; Couturier, Elisabeth ; Klamer, Sofieke ; Rebolledo, Javiera ; Suin, Vanessa ; Aberle, Stephan W. ; Schmid, Daniela ; De Sousa, Rita ; Augusto, Gonçalo Figueiredo

; Alfonsi, Valeria ; Del Manso, Martina ; Ciccaglione, Anna Rita ; Mellou, Kassiani ; Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ; Donachie, Alastair ; Borg, Maria-Louise ; Sočan, Maja ; Poljak, Mario ; Severi, Ettore

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Abstract

Between 1 June 2016 and 31 May 2017, 17 European Union (EU) and European Economic Area countries reported 4,096 cases associated with a multi-country hepatitis A (HA) outbreak. Molecular analysis identified three co-circulating hepatitis A virus (HAV) strains of genotype IA: VRD_521_ 2016, V16-25801 and RIVM-HAV16-090. We categorised cases as confirmed, probable or possible, according to the EU ...