A possible foodborne outbreak of hepatitis A in the Netherlands, January-February 2010

M Petrignani; L Verhoef; R van Hunen; C Swaan; J van Steenbergen; I Boxman; H J Ober; H Vennema; M Koopmans

doi:10.2807/ese.15.11.19512-en

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A possible foodborne outbreak of hepatitis A in the Netherlands, January-February 2010
M Petrignani¹ , L Verhoef² , R van Hunen¹ , C Swaan³ , J van Steenbergen³ , I Boxman⁴ , H J Ober⁵ , H Vennema² , M Koopmans²
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Infectious Disease Control, Public Health Service, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands ² Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu , RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands ³ Preparedness and Response Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu , RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands ⁴ Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Zutphen, The Netherlands ⁵ Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Petrignani M, Verhoef L, van Hunen R, Swaan C, van Steenbergen J, Boxman I, Ober H J, Vennema H, Koopmans M. A possible foodborne outbreak of hepatitis A in the Netherlands, January-February 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(11):pii=19512. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.11.19512-en Received: 10 Mar 2010

Abstract

As of 1 March 2010, a total of 11 primary cases with onset of symptoms between 31 December 2009 and 10 February 2010, have been identified with identical hepatitis A genotype IB strains in the Netherlands. A relation with Australian and French foodborne outbreaks occurring in 2009 and 2010 is suspected. Ten of the 11 primary cases indicated that they had consumed one or more products containing semi-dried tomatoes during their incubation period.