Multistate foodborne hepatitis A outbreak among European tourists returning from Egypt-need for reinforced vaccination recommendations, November 2012 to April 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Sane, J ^a,b   Macdonald, E ^b,c   Vold, L ^c   Gossner, C ^b,d   Severi, E ^b  

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

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

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STANDARDS; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGYPT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH POLICY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927144859     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.4.21018     Document Type: Article

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