Update: A food-borne outbreak of hepatitis a in the Netherlands related to semi-dried tomatoes in oil, January-February 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Petrignani, M ^a   Harms, M ^b   Verhoef, L ^b   van Hunen, R ^a   Swaan, C ^b   van Steenbergen, J ^b   Boxman, I ^c   Sala, R Peran I ^c   Ober, H J ^d   Vennema, H ^b   Koopmans, M ^b   van Pelt, W ^b  

^a Municipal Health Service (GGD Zuid Holland West)   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d National Reference Laboratory   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77953143048     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
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