Community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A in Latvia, in 2008

J Perevoščikovs; I Lucenko; S Magone; A Brila; J Curikova

doi:10.2807/ese.13.40.18995-en

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Community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A in Latvia, in 2008
J Perevoščikovs¹ , I Lucenko¹ , S Magone¹ , A Brila¹ , J Curikova¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Sabiedrības veselības aģentūra (State Agency “Public Health Agency”, PHA), Riga, Latvia

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J Perevoščikovs
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Citation style for this article: Perevoščikovs J, Lucenko I, Magone S, Brila A, Curikova J. Community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A in Latvia, in 2008. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(40):pii=18995. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.40.18995-en Received: 25 Sept 2008

Abstract

Since November 2007, an increase in the number of reported hepatitis A cases has been observed in Latvia. The aim of this report is to provide an update on the descriptive epidemiology of hepatitis A in Latvia and suggest some possible explanations of the recent increase in incidence.