Hepatitis A outbreak linked to imported frozen strawberries by sequencing, Sweden and Austria, June to September 2018

Between June–September 2018, 20 hepatitis A cases were notified in six counties in Sweden. Combined epidemiological and microbiological investigations identified imported frozen strawberries produced in Poland as the source of the outbreak. Sequence analysis confirmed the outbreak strain IB in the s...

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Autores principales: Enkirch, Theresa, Eriksson, Ronnie, Persson, Sofia, Schmid, Daniela, Aberle, Stephan W., Löf, Emma, Wittesjö, Bengt, Holmgren, Birgitta, Johnzon, Charlotte, Gustafsson, Eva X., Svensson, Lena M., Sandelin, Lisa Labbé, Richter, Lukas, Lindblad, Mats, Brytting, Mia, Maritschnik, Sabine, Tallo, Tatjana, Malm, Therese, Sundqvist, Lena, Ederth, Josefine Lundberg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2018
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6194910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30326994
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.41.1800528
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Sumario:Between June–September 2018, 20 hepatitis A cases were notified in six counties in Sweden. Combined epidemiological and microbiological investigations identified imported frozen strawberries produced in Poland as the source of the outbreak. Sequence analysis confirmed the outbreak strain IB in the strawberries with 100 % identity and the respective batch was withdrawn. Sharing the sequence information internationally led to the identification of 14 additional cases in Austria, linked to strawberries from the same producer.

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