Hepatitis A Outbreak in Europe: Imported Frozen Berry Mix Suspected to be the Source of At least One Infection in Austria in 2013

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 297-300

  Wenzel, J J ^a   Schemmerer, M ^a   Oberkofler, H ^b   Kerschner, H ^c   Sinha, P ^d   Koidl, C ^e   Allerberger, F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d Klinikum Klagenfurt   (Austria)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Berries; Genotyping; Hepatitis A; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BERRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD FREEZING; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRUIT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR TYPING; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FROZEN FOODS; FRUIT; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920280908     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-014-9165-1     Document Type: Article

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