Underdiagnosis of Foodborne Hepatitis A, the Netherlands, 2008–2010

Underdiagnosis of Foodborne Hepatitis A, the Netherlands, 2008–2010

Outbreaks of foodborne hepatitis A are rarely recognized as such. Detection of these infections is challenging because of the infection’s long incubation period and patients’ recall bias. Nevertheless, the complex food market might lead to reemergence of hepatitis A virus outside of disease-endemic...

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Main Authors: Mariska Petrignani, Linda Verhoef, Harry Vennema, Rianne van Hunen, Dominique Baas, Jim E. van Steenbergen, Marion P.G. Koopmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
foodborne diseases
hepatitis A virus
epidemiology
molecular typing
public health
the Netherlands
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/4/13-0753_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/4/13-0753_article

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