Ongoing hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM) linked to outbreaks in Europe in Tel Aviv area, Israel, December 2016

Ongoing hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM) linked to outbreaks in Europe in Tel Aviv area, Israel, December 2016 – June 2017

Published:2017-07-20 Issue:29 Volume:22 Page:
ISSN:1560-7917
Container-title:Eurosurveillance
language:en
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Author:

Gozlan Yael¹,Bar-Or Itay¹,Rakovsky Aviya¹,Savion Michal²,Amitai Ziva²,Sheffer Rivka²,Ceder Noa³,Anis Emilia³⁴,Grotto Itamar³⁵,Mendelson Ella¹⁶,Mor Orna¹

Affiliation:

1. Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan;

2. Tel-Aviv District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel;

3. Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel;

4. Hebrew University Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem

5. Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel;

6. School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

Abstract

Between December 2016 and June 2017, 19 Hepatitis A virus (HAV)-positive cases, 17 of which were among men who have sex with men (MSM) were identified in the Tel Aviv area. Seven of the 15 sewage samples collected between January and June 2017 were also HAV-positive. All sequences clustered with two of the three strains identified in the current European HAV outbreak. We demonstrate that despite an efficient vaccination programme, HAV can still be transmitted to an unvaccinated high-risk population.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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