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Cluster of hepatitis A cases among travellers returning from Egypt, Belgium, September through November 200836837

Last updated on 22-8-2019 by Anonymous (non vérifié)

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Auteurs

Robesyn,E.; Micalessi,M.I.; Sophie Quoilin; Naranjo,M.; Isabelle Thomas

Mots-clés

  1. 2008
  2. a
  3. an
  4. article
  5. Belgian
  6. Belgique
  7. Brussels
  8. care
  9. Casse
  10. Cluster
  11. Commun
  12. Control
  13. Pays
  14. disease
  15. Disease Outbreaks
  16. Égypte
  17. electronic
  18. épidémiologie
  19. European
  20. Flemish
  21. France
  22. health
  23. Hepatitis
  24. Hepatitis A
  25. Humans
  26. Hypothesis
  27. im
  28. incidence
  29. Infectious
  30. investigation
  31. IS
  32. journal
  33. methods
  34. need
  35. outbreak
  36. POLICIES
  37. POLICY
  38. Population Surveillance
  39. public
  40. public health
  41. Public-health
  42. Risk Assessment
  43. Risk Factors
  44. SB - IM
  45. statistics & numerical data
  46. Surveillance
  47. Travel
  48. Vaccination

Résumé:

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
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