Joint analysis by the Nordic countries of a hepatitis A outbreak, October 2012 to June 2013: frozen strawberries suspected

collective Nordic outbreak investigation team

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.27.20520

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Joint analysis by the Nordic countries of a hepatitis A outbreak, October 2012 to June 2013: frozen strawberries suspected
collective Nordic outbreak investigation team¹
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Citation style for this article: Nordic outbreak investigation team collective. Joint analysis by the Nordic countries of a hepatitis A outbreak, October 2012 to June 2013: frozen strawberries suspected. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(27):pii=20520. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.27.20520 Received: 24 Jun 2013

Abstract

The Nordic countries faced a food-borne outbreak of hepatitis A that started in October 2012 and was ongoing with 103 reported cases as of 27 June 2013. A case-control study in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, combined with trace-back investigations, has identified frozen strawberries as the likely cause of the outbreak. The origin of the berries is still being investigated. .