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SUBMITTER: Mellou K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7078582 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mellou K K Chrysostomou A A Sideroglou T T Kyritsi M M Georgakopoulou T T Tsiodras S S Hadjichristodoulou C C
Epidemiology and infection 20200213
Hepatitis A is a mandatory notifiable disease in Greece. Here, we present the epidemiological data for 2009-2018 and the results of outbreak investigations performed, and discuss future public health priorities.Overall, 1193 cases were reported; 320 migrants/refugees, 240 Roma, 112 travellers and 521 from the general population. The median age of the affected general population (37 years) had an increasing trend (from 30.8 years in 2009 to 40.5 in 2018, P < 0.001) and was significantly higher th ...[more]