Ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Italy: preliminary report as of 31 May 2013

C Rizzo; V Alfonsi; R Bruni; L Busani; A R Ciccaglione; D De Medici; S Di Pasquale; M Equestre; M Escher; M C Montaño-Remacha; G Scavia; S Taffon; V Carraro; S Franchini; B Natter; M Augschiller; M E Tosti; Collective the Central Task Force on Hepatitis A

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.27.20518

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Ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Italy: preliminary report as of 31 May 2013
C Rizzo¹ , V Alfonsi¹ , R Bruni² , L Busani³ , A R Ciccaglione² , D De Medici³ , S Di Pasquale³ , M Equestre² , M Escher³ , M C Montaño-Remacha^1,4 , G Scavia³ , S Taffon² , V Carraro⁵ , S Franchini⁵ , B Natter⁶ , M Augschiller⁶ , M E Tosti¹ , Collective the Central Task Force on Hepatitis A⁷
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Affiliations: ¹ Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), National Centre for Epidemiology Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy ² Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases ³ Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety ⁴ European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ⁵ Department of Health, Province of Trento, Italy ⁶ Department of Health, Province of Bolzano, Italy ⁷ The members of the Central Task Force on Hepatitis A are listed at the end of the article

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Citation style for this article: Rizzo C, Alfonsi V, Bruni R, Busani L, Ciccaglione A R, De Medici D, Di Pasquale S, Equestre M, Escher M, Montaño-Remacha M C, Scavia G, Taffon S, Carraro V, Franchini S, Natter B, Augschiller M, Tosti M E, the Central Task Force on Hepatitis A Collective. Ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Italy: preliminary report as of 31 May 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(27):pii=20518. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.27.20518 Received: 17 Jun 2013

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Abstract

Since January 2013, an unusual increase in hepatitis A cases has been detected in northern Italy. A total number of 352 cases were reported to the integrated surveillance system between January and the end of May 2013 and this represents a 70% increase compared to the same period of the previous year. The outbreak is ongoing and the public health authorities are continuing their investigations to establish the transmission vehicle and to control the outbreak.