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Hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) predominantly linked with the EuroPride, the Netherlands, July 2016 to February 2017.

ABSTRACT: Between July 2016 and February 2017, 48 male cases of hepatitis A were notified in the Netherlands. Of these, 17 identified as men who have sex with men (MSM). Ten of the 13 cases for whom sequencing information was available, were infected with a strain linked with the EuroPride that took place in Amsterdam in 2016. This strain is identical to a strain that has been causing a large outbreak among MSM in Taiwan.

SUBMITTER: Freidl GS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5356436 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) predominantly linked with the EuroPride, the Netherlands, July 2016 to February 2017.

Freidl Gudrun S GS Sonder Gerard Jb GJ Bovée Lian Pmj LP Friesema Ingrid Hm IH van Rijckevorsel Gini Gc GG Ruijs Wilhelmina Lm WL van Schie Frank F Siedenburg Evelien C EC Yang Jyh-Yuan JY Vennema Harry H

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 20170201 8

Between July 2016 and February 2017, 48 male cases of hepatitis A were notified in the Netherlands. Of these, 17 identified as men who have sex with men (MSM). Ten of the 13 cases for whom sequencing information was available, were infected with a strain linked with the EuroPride that took place in Amsterdam in 2016. This strain is identical to a strain that has been causing a large outbreak among MSM in Taiwan. ...[more]

PMID: 28251892

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Hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) predominantly linked with the EuroPride, the Netherlands, July 2016 to February 2017.

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Hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) predominantly linked with the EuroPride, the Netherlands, July 2016 to February 2017.

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