A large ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A predominantly affecting young males in Lazio, Italy; August 2016 - March 2017

The hepatitis A virus (HAV) is mainly transmitted through the faecal-oral route. In industrialized countries HAV infection generally occurs as either sporadic cases in travelers from endemic areas, local outbreak within closed/semi-closed population and as foodborne community outbreak. Recently, an...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 12; no. 11; p. e0185428
Main Authors:	Lanini, Simone, Minosse, Claudia, Vairo, Francesco, Garbuglia, Annarosa, Di Bari, Virginia, Agresta, Alessandro, Rezza, Giovanni, Puro, Vincenzo, Pendenza, Alessio, Loffredo, Maria Rosaria, Scognamiglio, Paola, Zumla, Alimuddin, Panella, Vincenzo, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 10.11.2017 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Biology and life sciences Clusters Computer and Information Sciences Development and progression Disease prevention Disease transmission Distribution Epidemiology Health risks Hepatitis Hepatitis A Infections Infectious diseases Males Marginalized groups Medicine and health sciences Outbreaks People and Places Public health Risk factors Risk groups Surveillance Vaccination Vaccines Viruses Italy Netherlands
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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