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A Multistate Outbreak of Hepatitis A Associated With Semidried Tomatoes in Australia, 2009
Author(s) -
Ellen Donnan,
James Fielding,
James E. Gregory,
Karin Lalor,
Stacey L. Rowe,
Paul Goldsmith,
Μαρία Αντωνίου,
Kathleen E. Fullerton,
Katrina Knope,
JOY COPLAND,
D. Scott Bowden,
Samantha Tracy,
Geoffrey G Hogg,
Aimee Tan,
Jim Adamopoulos,
Judit Gastón,
Hassan Vally
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir949
Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , hepatitis a , environmental health , hepatitis a virus , hepatitis , virology , virus
A large outbreak of hepatitis A affected individuals in several Australian states in 2009, resulting in a 2-fold increase in cases reported to state health departments compared with 2008. Two peaks of infection occurred (April-May and September-November), with surveillance data suggesting locally acquired infections from a widely distributed food product.

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