Outbreak of hepatitis A associated with men who have sex with men (MSM), England, July 2016 to January 2017

Between July 2016 and January 2017, 37 confirmed cases of hepatitis A with two unique IA genotype strains primarily among men who have sex with men, were reported across eight areas in England and Northern Ireland. Epidemiological and laboratory investigations indicate that these strains may have be...

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Autores principales: Beebeejaun, Kazim, Degala, Srilaxmi, Balogun, Koye, Simms, Ian, Woodhall, Sarah Charlotte, Heinsbroek, Ellen, Crook, Paul David, Kar-Purkayastha, Ishani, Treacy, Juli, Wedgwood, Kate, Jordan, Kate, Mandal, Sema, Ngui, Siew Lin, Edelstein, Michael
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5388117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28183392
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.5.30454
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author Beebeejaun, Kazim
Degala, Srilaxmi
Balogun, Koye
Simms, Ian
Woodhall, Sarah Charlotte
Heinsbroek, Ellen
Crook, Paul David
Kar-Purkayastha, Ishani
Treacy, Juli
Wedgwood, Kate
Jordan, Kate
Mandal, Sema
Ngui, Siew Lin
Edelstein, Michael
author_facet Beebeejaun, Kazim
Degala, Srilaxmi
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Simms, Ian
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Heinsbroek, Ellen
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Kar-Purkayastha, Ishani
Treacy, Juli
Wedgwood, Kate
Jordan, Kate
Mandal, Sema
Ngui, Siew Lin
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description Between July 2016 and January 2017, 37 confirmed cases of hepatitis A with two unique IA genotype strains primarily among men who have sex with men, were reported across eight areas in England and Northern Ireland. Epidemiological and laboratory investigations indicate that these strains may have been imported several times from Spain, with secondary sexual transmission in the United Kingdom. Local and national public health services are collaborating to control this ongoing outbreak.
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spelling pubmed-53881172017-04-24 Outbreak of hepatitis A associated with men who have sex with men (MSM), England, July 2016 to January 2017 Beebeejaun, Kazim Degala, Srilaxmi Balogun, Koye Simms, Ian Woodhall, Sarah Charlotte Heinsbroek, Ellen Crook, Paul David Kar-Purkayastha, Ishani Treacy, Juli Wedgwood, Kate Jordan, Kate Mandal, Sema Ngui, Siew Lin Edelstein, Michael Euro Surveill Rapid Communication Between July 2016 and January 2017, 37 confirmed cases of hepatitis A with two unique IA genotype strains primarily among men who have sex with men, were reported across eight areas in England and Northern Ireland. Epidemiological and laboratory investigations indicate that these strains may have been imported several times from Spain, with secondary sexual transmission in the United Kingdom. Local and national public health services are collaborating to control this ongoing outbreak. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5388117/ /pubmed/28183392 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.5.30454 Text en This article is copyright of The Authors, 2017. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Rapid Communication
Beebeejaun, Kazim
Degala, Srilaxmi
Balogun, Koye
Simms, Ian
Woodhall, Sarah Charlotte
Heinsbroek, Ellen
Crook, Paul David
Kar-Purkayastha, Ishani
Treacy, Juli
Wedgwood, Kate
Jordan, Kate
Mandal, Sema
Ngui, Siew Lin
Edelstein, Michael
Outbreak of hepatitis A associated with men who have sex with men (MSM), England, July 2016 to January 2017
title Outbreak of hepatitis A associated with men who have sex with men (MSM), England, July 2016 to January 2017
title_full Outbreak of hepatitis A associated with men who have sex with men (MSM), England, July 2016 to January 2017
title_fullStr Outbreak of hepatitis A associated with men who have sex with men (MSM), England, July 2016 to January 2017
title_full_unstemmed Outbreak of hepatitis A associated with men who have sex with men (MSM), England, July 2016 to January 2017
title_short Outbreak of hepatitis A associated with men who have sex with men (MSM), England, July 2016 to January 2017
title_sort outbreak of hepatitis a associated with men who have sex with men (msm), england, july 2016 to january 2017
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5388117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28183392
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.5.30454
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