Hepatitis A Virus Genotype IB Outbreak among Internally Displaced Persons, Syria

In 2018, a hepatitis A virus outbreak was identified among internally displaced persons in Syria. Sequence analysis based on the viral protein 1/2A junction revealed that the causative virus belonged to genotype IB. A high displacement rate, deteriorated sanitary and health conditions, and poor wate...

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Autores principales: Kaddoura, Malak, Allaham, Rasmieh, Abubakar, Abdinasir, Ezzeddine, Amani, Barakat, Amal, Mala, Peter, Zaraket, Hassan
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6986849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31829918
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2602.190652
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author Kaddoura, Malak
Allaham, Rasmieh
Abubakar, Abdinasir
Ezzeddine, Amani
Barakat, Amal
Mala, Peter
Zaraket, Hassan
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Allaham, Rasmieh
Abubakar, Abdinasir
Ezzeddine, Amani
Barakat, Amal
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description In 2018, a hepatitis A virus outbreak was identified among internally displaced persons in Syria. Sequence analysis based on the viral protein 1/2A junction revealed that the causative virus belonged to genotype IB. A high displacement rate, deteriorated sanitary and health conditions, and poor water quality likely contributed to this outbreak.
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spelling pubmed-69868492020-02-06 Hepatitis A Virus Genotype IB Outbreak among Internally Displaced Persons, Syria Kaddoura, Malak Allaham, Rasmieh Abubakar, Abdinasir Ezzeddine, Amani Barakat, Amal Mala, Peter Zaraket, Hassan Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter In 2018, a hepatitis A virus outbreak was identified among internally displaced persons in Syria. Sequence analysis based on the viral protein 1/2A junction revealed that the causative virus belonged to genotype IB. A high displacement rate, deteriorated sanitary and health conditions, and poor water quality likely contributed to this outbreak. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6986849/ /pubmed/31829918 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2602.190652 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Kaddoura, Malak
Allaham, Rasmieh
Abubakar, Abdinasir
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Barakat, Amal
Mala, Peter
Zaraket, Hassan
Hepatitis A Virus Genotype IB Outbreak among Internally Displaced Persons, Syria
title Hepatitis A Virus Genotype IB Outbreak among Internally Displaced Persons, Syria
title_full Hepatitis A Virus Genotype IB Outbreak among Internally Displaced Persons, Syria
title_fullStr Hepatitis A Virus Genotype IB Outbreak among Internally Displaced Persons, Syria
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis A Virus Genotype IB Outbreak among Internally Displaced Persons, Syria
title_short Hepatitis A Virus Genotype IB Outbreak among Internally Displaced Persons, Syria
title_sort hepatitis a virus genotype ib outbreak among internally displaced persons, syria
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6986849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31829918
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2602.190652
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