Key Role of Sequencing to Trace Hepatitis A Viruses Circulating in Italy During a Large Multi-Country European Foodborne Outbreak in 2013.

Key Role of Sequencing to Trace Hepatitis A Viruses Circulating in Italy During a Large Multi-Country European Foodborne Outbreak in 2013.

Foodborne Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) outbreaks are being recognized as an emerging public health problem in industrialized countries. In 2013 three foodborne HAV outbreaks occurred in Europe and one in USA. During the largest of the three European outbreaks, most cases occurred in Italy (>1,200 case...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roberto Bruni, Stefania Taffon, Michele Equestre, Paola Chionne, Elisabetta Madonna, Caterina Rizzo, Maria Elena Tosti, Valeria Alfonsi, Lara Ricotta, Dario De Medici, Simona Di Pasquale, Gaia Scavia, Enrico Pavoni, Marina Nadia Losio, Luisa Romanò, Alessandro Remo Zanetti, Anna Morea, Monia Pacenti, Giorgio Palù, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Maria Chironna, Maria Grazia Pompa, Anna Rita Ciccaglione, Italian National Task Force on Hepatitis A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4764681?pdf=render

Internet

http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4764681?pdf=render

Similar Items