Hepatitis A outbreak since November 2016 affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chile connected to the current outbreak in MSM in Europe, situation up to October 2017.

Authors :: Rivas V
Barrera A
Pino K
Núñez R
Caceres CJ
Lopez-Lastra M
Soza A
Source :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2018 Mar; Vol. 23 (9).
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: A hepatitis A outbreak has occurred in Chile since November 2016. Men are predominantly affected, with a large proportion of men who have sex with men (MSM). We describe 12 consecutive unrelated confirmed cases who presented at our healthcare institution in Santiago Metropolitan Area. Nine were men, all reporting having had sex with men. Ten viral sequences, genotyped as IA, clustered with the V16-25801 strain causing outbreaks mostly in MSM in Europe since mid-2016.

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1560-7917
Volume :: 23
Issue :: 9
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 29510780
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.9.18-00060

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