| Literature DB >> 24486185 |
Maria R Capobianchi1, Anna Rosa Garbuglia2, Chiara Agrati2, Alessia Rianda2, Pasquale Noto2, Angela Corpolongo2, Maria Adriana Cataldo2, Silvia Rosati2, Paola Zaccaro2, Mariarosaria Loffredo3, Maria Grazia Pompa4, Enrico Girardi5, Paola Scognamiglio5, Giuseppe Ippolito6.
Abstract
Reduced circulation of hepatitis A virus lead to an increase of susceptible individuals, and outbreaks occurred recently. In Northern Italy an outbreak is ongoing, attributed to a monophyletic genotype IA strain, with mixed frozen berries as probable source. From 01/01/2013 to 07/15/2013, 30 cases were diagnosed at National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy, representing about twice the number of cases in whole 2012. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that most, although not all, infections were attributable to the same monophyletic genotype IA strain identified in the contemporary Northern Italy outbreak. This strain is also very similar to previous isolates from Venezuela.Entities:
Keywords: Food-borne infections; Hepatitis A; Molecular characterization; Outbreak; Vaccine-preventable diseases
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24486185 DOI： 10.1016/j.micinf.2014.01.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN： 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700