Outbreak of Hepatitis A Associated with Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM), England, July 2016 to January 2017

Overview

Journal Euro Surveill

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2017 Feb 11

PMID 28183392

Citations 49

Authors

Kazim Beebeejaun

Srilaxmi Degala

Koye Balogun

Ian Simms

Sarah Charlotte Woodhall

Ellen Heinsbroek

Paul David Crook

Ishani Kar-Purkayastha

Juli Treacy

Kate Wedgwood

Kate Jordan

Sema Mandal

Siew Lin Ngui

Michael Edelstein

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Abstract

Between July 2016 and January 2017, 37 confirmed cases of hepatitis A with two unique IA genotype strains primarily among men who have sex with men, were reported across eight areas in England and Northern Ireland. Epidemiological and laboratory investigations indicate that these strains may have been imported several times from Spain, with secondary sexual transmission in the United Kingdom. Local and national public health services are collaborating to control this ongoing outbreak.

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