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Abstract

Since 2015, outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM) have been reported worldwide. To examine the impact of these MSM outbreaks in the Netherlands, we combined notification and epidemiological data with sequence analysis. Our results show the hazards of outbreaks within risk-groups spilling over into the largely susceptible general population. One third of the outbreak-related hepatitis A virus genotypes were detected in non-MSM cases.

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Spillover of a hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) to the general population, the Netherlands, 2017
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Ingrid+HM+Friesema&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Friesema Ingrid HM</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gerard+JB+Sonder&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sonder Gerard JB</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mariska+WF+Petrignani&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Petrignani Mariska WF</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Annemarie+E+Meiberg&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Meiberg Annemarie E</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gini+GC+van+Rijckevorsel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">van Rijckevorsel Gini GC</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Wilhelmina+LM+Ruijs&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ruijs Wilhelmina LM</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Harry+Vennema&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vennema Harry</a></span>. Spillover of a hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) to the general population, the Netherlands, 2017. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2018;23(23):pii=1800265. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.23.1800265" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.23.1800265</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 16 May 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 05 Jun 2018 </span> </p>
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