Open AccessAn outbreak of hepatitis A in Puglia, Italy, 1996
Author(s) -
P. Malfait,
Pier Luigi Lopalco,
Stefania Salmaso,
Cinzia Annatea Germinario,
Giuseppe Salamina,
Michele Quarto,
S Barbuti,
R Cipriani,
A Mundo,
Graziano Pesole
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.01.05.00144-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , hepatitis a virus , hepatitis a , epidemiology , geography , population , virology , environmental health , medicine , hepatitis , virus
In the region of Puglia, in the south east of Italy (population: 4 million), the number of notifications of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection increases in a two yearly cycle. In 1992 a very large outbreak was observed, but no epidemiological investigation