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Hepatitis A

gepubliceerd op maandag 29 april 2013

Eurosurveillance publiceert twee artikelen over hepatitis A.

In het eerste wordt veslag uitgebracht over het toenemend aantal meldingen van hepatitis A in verschillende Europese landen bij toeristen die terugkeren uit Egypte.
Abstract
Since November 2012, there has been an increase in reported cases of hepatitis A in tourists returning from Egypt in several European countries. As of 24 April, 80 HAV cases in travellers with symptom onset after 1 November 2012 visiting different areas in Egypt have been reported. Four cases from Norway, six cases from the Netherlands and five cases from England share an identical hepatitis A viral RNA sequence. This increase in cases suggests that vaccination recommendations for travellers to hepatitis A endemic countries should be reinforced.
Meer lezen: MacDonald E, Steens A, Stene-Johansen K et al. Increase in hepatitis A in tourists from Denmark, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden returning from Egypt, November 2012 to March 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(17):pii=20468.

Het tweede beschrijft een epidemie na het eten van diepgevroren fruit.
Abstract
A food-borne outbreak of hepatitis A in Denmark was notified to other countries on 1 March 2013. A case–control study identified frozen berries eaten in smoothies as potential vehicle. In the following weeks, Finland, Norway and Sweden also identified an increased number of hepatitis A patients without travel history. Most cases reported having eaten frozen berries at the time of exposure. By 17 April, 71 cases were notified in the four countries. No specific type of berry, brand or origin of berries has yet been identified.
Meer lezen: Gillesberg Lassen S, Soborg B, Midgley SE, et al. Ongoing multi-strain food-borne hepatitis A outbreak with frozen berries as suspected vehicle: four Nordic countries affected, october 2012 to april 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(17):pii=20467.

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