Hepatitis A outbreak linked to imported frozen strawberries by sequencing, Sweden and Austria, June to September 2018Show others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Eurosurveillance, ISSN 1025-496X, E-ISSN 1560-7917, Vol. 23, no 41, article id 1800528Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
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Sequence analysis confirmed the outbreak strain IB in the strawberries with 100 % identity and the respective batch was withdrawn.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.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control , 2018. Vol. 23, no 41, article id 1800528
Keywords [en]
Austria; Disease Outbreaks; Europe; Foodborne Diseases; Genotype; Hepatitis A virus; Sequence Analysis; Sweden
National Category
Infectious Medicine
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-156044DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.41.1800528ISI: 000447032300002PubMedID: 30326994OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-156044DiVA, id: diva2:1301661
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