Outbreak of Hepatitis A in Italy Associated with Frozen Redcurrants Imported from Poland: A Case Study

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 305-308

  Terio, V ^a   Bottaro, M ^a   Di Pinto, A ^a   Catella, C ^a   Chironna, M ^a   Bozzo, G ^a   Kingsley, D H ^b   Bonerba, E ^a   Morea, A ^a   Martella, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food safety; Frozen redcurrants; Hepatitis A virus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLACKBERRY; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASPBERRY; RED CURRANT; VIRUS STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; FRUIT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RIBES; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRUIT; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; RIBES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84938749362     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-015-9199-z     Document Type: Article

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