An outbreak of hepatitis A associated with the consumption of raw beef

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-210

  Robesyn, Emmanuel ^a   De Schrijver, Koen ^a   Wollants, Elke ^b   Top, Geert ^a   Verbeeck, Jannick ^b   Van Ranst, Marc ^b  

^a Flemish Agency for Care and Health   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Food handler; Hepatitis A; Outbreak; Phylogenetic analysis; Raw beef; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEEF; BELGIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOPHYLY; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449117945     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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