Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
C Carvalho (
)<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, H L Thomas<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, K Balogun<SUP>1</SUP>, R Tedder<SUP>4</SUP>, R Pebody<SUP>1</SUP>, M Ramsay<SUP>1</SUP>, S L Ngui<SUP>4</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Carvalho C, Thomas HL, Balogun K, Tedder R, Pebody R, Ramsay M, Ngui SL. A possible outbreak of hepatitis A associated with semi-dried tomatoes, England, July?November 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(6)
ii=20083. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20083
Date of submission: 27 January 2012 <HR>In October 2011, two primary cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection with identical HAV genotype IB strains to those seen in other outbreaks associated with semi-dried tomatoes were reported in England. Both cases had consumed semi-dried tomatoes. Epidemiological investigations revealed two additional cases of genotype IB strains with different sequences who also reported having consumed semi-dried tomatoes. In November, five cases of HAV infection with closely related strains were identified in the Netherlands. A foodborne multiple-strain outbreak is suspected.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 6, 09 February 2012
Rapid communications
A possible outbreak of hepatitis A associated with semi-dried tomatoes, England, July?November 2011
Rapid communications
A possible outbreak of hepatitis A associated with semi-dried tomatoes, England, July?November 2011
C Carvalho (
- Health Protection Agency, Health Protection Services Colindale, London, United Kingdom
- European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
- Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP), Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom
- Health Protection Agency, Microbiology Services Colindale, London, United Kingdom
Citation style for this article: Carvalho C, Thomas HL, Balogun K, Tedder R, Pebody R, Ramsay M, Ngui SL. A possible outbreak of hepatitis A associated with semi-dried tomatoes, England, July?November 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(6)
ii=20083. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20083 Date of submission: 27 January 2012 <HR>In October 2011, two primary cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection with identical HAV genotype IB strains to those seen in other outbreaks associated with semi-dried tomatoes were reported in England. Both cases had consumed semi-dried tomatoes. Epidemiological investigations revealed two additional cases of genotype IB strains with different sequences who also reported having consumed semi-dried tomatoes. In November, five cases of HAV infection with closely related strains were identified in the Netherlands. A foodborne multiple-strain outbreak is suspected.