Ongoing hepatitis a among men who have sex with men (MSM) linked to outbreaks in Europe in Tel Aviv area, Israel, December 2016 – June 2017

Y. Gozlan; I. Bar-Or; A. Rakovsky; M. Savion; Z. Amitai; R. Sheffer; N. Ceder; E. Anis; I. Grotto; E. Mendelson; Orna Mor

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.29.30575

Ongoing hepatitis a among men who have sex with men (MSM) linked to outbreaks in Europe in Tel Aviv area, Israel, December 2016 – June 2017

Y. Gozlan, I. Bar-Or, A. Rakovsky, M. Savion, Z. Amitai, R. Sheffer, N. Ceder, E. Anis, I. Grotto, E. Mendelson, Orna Mor

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Between December 2016 and June 2017, 19 Hepatitis A virus (HAV)-positive cases, 17 of which were among men who have sex with men (MSM) were identified in the Tel Aviv area. Seven of the 15 sewage samples collected between January and June 2017 were also HAV-positive. All sequences clustered with two of the three strains identified in the current European HAV outbreak. We demonstrate that despite an efficient vaccination programme, HAV can still be transmitted to an unvaccinated high-risk population.

Original language	English
Article number	30575
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	22
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.29.30575
State	Published - 20 Jul 2017

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Virology

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Gozlan, Y., Bar-Or, I., Rakovsky, A., Savion, M., Amitai, Z., Sheffer, R., Ceder, N., Anis, E., Grotto, I., Mendelson, E., & Mor, O. (2017). Ongoing hepatitis a among men who have sex with men (MSM) linked to outbreaks in Europe in Tel Aviv area, Israel, December 2016 – June 2017. Eurosurveillance, 22(29), Article 30575. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.29.30575

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Ongoing hepatitis a among men who have sex with men (MSM) linked to outbreaks in Europe in Tel Aviv area, Israel, December 2016 – June 2017

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