Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 27, 04 July 2013
Rapid communications
Joint analysis by the Nordic countries of a hepatitis A outbreak, October 2012 to June 2013: frozen strawberries suspected
Nordic outbreak investigation team<SUP>1</SUP>
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The members of the group are listed at the end of the article
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Citation style for this article: Nordic outbreak investigation team. Joint analysis by the Nordic countries of a hepatitis A outbreak, October 2012 to June 2013: frozen strawberries suspected. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(27)
ii=20520. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20520
Date of submission: 24 June 2013
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The Nordic countries faced a food-borne outbreak of hepatitis A that started in October 2012 and was ongoing with 103 reported cases as of 27 June 2013. A case?control study in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, combined with trace-back investigations, has identified frozen strawberries as the likely cause of the outbreak. The origin of the berries is still being investigated.
-Rapid communications
Joint analysis by the Nordic countries of a hepatitis A outbreak, October 2012 to June 2013: frozen strawberries suspected
Nordic outbreak investigation team<SUP>1</SUP>
<SUP></SUP>
The members of the group are listed at the end of the article
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Citation style for this article: Nordic outbreak investigation team. Joint analysis by the Nordic countries of a hepatitis A outbreak, October 2012 to June 2013: frozen strawberries suspected. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(27)
ii=20520. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20520 Date of submission: 24 June 2013
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The Nordic countries faced a food-borne outbreak of hepatitis A that started in October 2012 and was ongoing with 103 reported cases as of 27 June 2013. A case?control study in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, combined with trace-back investigations, has identified frozen strawberries as the likely cause of the outbreak. The origin of the berries is still being investigated.
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