Ongoing hepatitis a outbreak in Europe 2013 to 2014: Imported berry mix cake suspected to be the source of infection in Norway

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2014, Pages

  Guzman Herrador, B ^a   Jensvoll, L ^b   Einoder Moreno M ^a,c   Lange, H ^a,c   Myking, S ^a   Nygard K ^a   Stene Johansen, K ^a   Vold, L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FROZEN FOODS; FRUIT; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84898912191     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.15.20775     Document Type: Article

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