Large and prolonged food-borne multistate hepatitis a outbreak in europe associated with consumption of frozen berries, 2013 to 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 29, 2015, Pages

  Severi, E ^a,b   Verhoef, L ^c   Thornton, L ^d   Guzman Herrador, B R ^e   Faber, M ^f   Sundqvist, L ^g   Rimhanen Finne, R ^h   Roque Afonso, A M ⁱ   Ngui, S L ^j   Allerberger, F ^k   Baumann Popczyk, A ^l   Muller, L ^m   Parmakova, K ⁿ   Alfonsi, V ^o   Tavoschi, L ^a   Vennema, H ^c   Fitzgerald, M ^d   Myrmel, M ^p   Gertler, M ^f   Ederth, J ^g   Kontio, M ^h   Vanbockstael, C ^q   Mandal, S ^j   Sadkowska Todys, M ^l   Tosti, M E ^o   Schimmer, B ^c   O'Gorman J ^r   Stene Johansen, Kathrine ^e   Wenzel, J J ^s   Jones, G ^q   Balogun, K ^j   Ciccaglione, A R ^o   O'Connor L ^t   Vold, L ^e   Takkinen, J ^a   Rizzo, C ^o   more..

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

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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

^d HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^h NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^j PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^l NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^m STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

ⁿ NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^o ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^p NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^q INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^r National Virus Reference Laboratory   (Ireland)

^s UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^t FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BERRY; BIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; FOOD INTAKE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TOURISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD FREEZING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRUIT; GENETICS; INTOXICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FROZEN FOODS; FRUIT; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938153335     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.29.21192     Document Type: Article

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