Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/portuga...0-cases-72562/
Portugal hepatitis A outbreak tops 400 cases
by Robert Herriman
August 1, 2017
In a follow-up to the hepatitis A outbreak in Portugal this year, 402 cases have been confirmed since the beginning of the year, according to local media (computer translated). The majority of cases occurred in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley regions.
This is up from 322 cases one month ago.
According to the latest DGS data, this outbreak, which began at the beginning of the year and affects other European countries, affected mainly men (88%) and in more than half the cases (52%) contracted it via sexual contact...
Portugal hepatitis A outbreak tops 400 cases
by Robert Herriman
August 1, 2017
In a follow-up to the hepatitis A outbreak in Portugal this year, 402 cases have been confirmed since the beginning of the year, according to local media (computer translated). The majority of cases occurred in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley regions.
This is up from 322 cases one month ago.
According to the latest DGS data, this outbreak, which began at the beginning of the year and affects other European countries, affected mainly men (88%) and in more than half the cases (52%) contracted it via sexual contact...