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A hepatitis A outbreak has occurred in Chile since November 2016. Men are predominantly affected, with a large proportion of men who have sex with men (MSM). We describe 12 consecutive unrelated confirmed cases who presented at our healthcare institution in Santiago Metropolitan Area. Nine were men, all reporting having had sex with men. Ten viral sequences, genotyped as IA, clustered with the V16–25801 strain causing outbreaks mostly in MSM in Europe since mid-2016.

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Hepatitis A outbreak since November 2016 affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chile connected to the current outbreak in MSM in Europe, situation up to October 2017
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Violeta+Rivas&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rivas Violeta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Aldo+Barrera&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Barrera Aldo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Karla+Pino&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pino Karla</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ruth+N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Núñez Ruth</a>, <a href="/search?value1=C.+Joaquin+Caceres&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Caceres C. Joaquin</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marcelo+Lopez-Lastra&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lopez-Lastra Marcelo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alejandro+Soza&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Soza Alejandro</a></span>. Hepatitis A outbreak since November 2016 affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chile connected to the current outbreak in MSM in Europe, situation up to October 2017. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2018;23(9):pii=18-00060. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.9.18-00060" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.9.18-00060</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 06 Feb 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 15 Feb 2018 </span> </p>
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