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Hepatitis A outbreak linked to imported frozen strawberries by sequencing, Sweden and Austria, June to September 2018

Published:2018-10-11 Issue:41 Volume:23 Page:
ISSN:1560-7917
Container-title:Eurosurveillance
language:en
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Author:

Enkirch Theresa¹²,Eriksson Ronnie³,Persson Sofia³,Schmid Daniela⁴,Aberle Stephan W.⁵,Löf Emma⁶²,Wittesjö Bengt⁷,Holmgren Birgitta⁸,Johnzon Charlotte⁹,Gustafsson Eva X.⁸,Svensson Lena M.¹⁰,Sandelin Lisa Labbé¹¹,Richter Lukas⁴,Lindblad Mats³,Brytting Mia²,Maritschnik Sabine⁴,Tallo Tatjana²,Malm Therese¹²,Sundqvist Lena²,Ederth Josefine Lundberg²

Affiliation:

1. European Programme for Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden

2. Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden

3. National Food Agency, Uppsala, Sweden

4. Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria

5. Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

6. European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden

7. Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Blekinge County, Sweden

8. Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Skåne County, Sweden

9. The Environment and Health Administration of Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm, Sweden

10. Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Östergötland County, Sweden

11. Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Kalmar County, Sweden

12. Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Gävleborg County, Sweden

Abstract

Between June–September 2018, 20 hepatitis A cases were notified in six counties in Sweden. Combined epidemiological and microbiological investigations identified imported frozen strawberries produced in Poland as the source of the outbreak. Sequence analysis confirmed the outbreak strain IB in the strawberries with 100 % identity and the respective batch was withdrawn. Sharing the sequence information internationally led to the identification of 14 additional cases in Austria, linked to strawberries from the same producer.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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