Ongoing outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM), Berlin, November 2016 to January 2017 – linked to other German cities and European countries

Since 14 November 2016, 38 cases of hepatitis A have been notified in Berlin; of these, 37 were male and 30 reported to have sex with men (MSM). Median age of MSM cases is 31 years (range: 24–52 years). Phylogenetic analysis revealed three distinct sequences, linking cases in Berlin to those in othe...

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Autores principales: Werber, Dirk, Michaelis, Kai, Hausner, Marius, Sissolak, Dagmar, Wenzel, Jürgen, Bitzegeio, Julia, Belting, Anne, Sagebiel, Daniel, Faber, Mirko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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/PMC5388120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28183391
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.5.30457
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author Werber, Dirk
Michaelis, Kai
Hausner, Marius
Sissolak, Dagmar
Wenzel, Jürgen
Bitzegeio, Julia
Belting, Anne
Sagebiel, Daniel
Faber, Mirko
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Michaelis, Kai
Hausner, Marius
Sissolak, Dagmar
Wenzel, Jürgen
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description Since 14 November 2016, 38 cases of hepatitis A have been notified in Berlin; of these, 37 were male and 30 reported to have sex with men (MSM). Median age of MSM cases is 31 years (range: 24–52 years). Phylogenetic analysis revealed three distinct sequences, linking cases in Berlin to those in other German cities and to clusters recognised in other European countries in 2016.
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spelling pubmed-53881202017-04-24 Ongoing outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM), Berlin, November 2016 to January 2017 – linked to other German cities and European countries Werber, Dirk Michaelis, Kai Hausner, Marius Sissolak, Dagmar Wenzel, Jürgen Bitzegeio, Julia Belting, Anne Sagebiel, Daniel Faber, Mirko Euro Surveill Rapid Communication Since 14 November 2016, 38 cases of hepatitis A have been notified in Berlin; of these, 37 were male and 30 reported to have sex with men (MSM). Median age of MSM cases is 31 years (range: 24–52 years). Phylogenetic analysis revealed three distinct sequences, linking cases in Berlin to those in other German cities and to clusters recognised in other European countries in 2016. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5388120/ /pubmed/28183391 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.5.30457 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
Werber, Dirk
Michaelis, Kai
Hausner, Marius
Sissolak, Dagmar
Wenzel, Jürgen
Bitzegeio, Julia
Belting, Anne
Sagebiel, Daniel
Faber, Mirko
Ongoing outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM), Berlin, November 2016 to January 2017 – linked to other German cities and European countries
title Ongoing outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM), Berlin, November 2016 to January 2017 – linked to other German cities and European countries
title_full Ongoing outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM), Berlin, November 2016 to January 2017 – linked to other German cities and European countries
title_fullStr Ongoing outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM), Berlin, November 2016 to January 2017 – linked to other German cities and European countries
title_full_unstemmed Ongoing outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM), Berlin, November 2016 to January 2017 – linked to other German cities and European countries
title_short Ongoing outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM), Berlin, November 2016 to January 2017 – linked to other German cities and European countries
title_sort ongoing outbreaks of hepatitis a among men who have sex with men (msm), berlin, november 2016 to january 2017 – linked to other german cities and european countries
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5388120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28183391
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.5.30457
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