TY - JOUR T1 - Cluster of hepatitis A cases among travellers returning from Egypt, Belgium, September through November 200836837 JF - Euro.Surveill Y1 - 2009 A1 - Robesyn,E. A1 - Micalessi,M.I. A1 - Sophie Quoilin A1 - Naranjo,M. A1 - Isabelle Thomas KW - 2008 KW - a KW - an KW - article KW - Belgian KW - Belgium KW - Brussels KW - care KW - Case KW - Cluster KW - Common KW - Control KW - Countries KW - disease KW - Disease Outbreaks KW - Egypt KW - electronic KW - epidemiology KW - European KW - Flemish KW - France KW - health KW - Hepatitis KW - Hepatitis A KW - Humans KW - Hypothesis KW - im KW - incidence KW - Infectious KW - investigation KW - IS KW - journal KW - methods KW - need KW - outbreak KW - POLICIES KW - POLICY KW - Population Surveillance KW - public KW - public health KW - Public-health KW - Risk Assessment KW - Risk Factors KW - SB - IM KW - statistics & numerical data KW - Surveillance KW - Travel KW - Vaccination AB - Following a European alert by France, we detected a hepatitis A cluster in Belgian travellers returning from Egypt. Our investigation supports the hypothesis of a common source outbreak, linked to Nile river cruises. The outbreak also suggests the need to consider an intensification of the vaccination policy for travellers to hepatitis A endemic countries VL - 14 CP - 3 U1 - 38334 ER -