Imported rocket salad partly responsible for increased incidence of hepatitis A cases in Sweden, 2000-2001 | Zendy

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Imported rocket salad partly responsible for increased incidence of hepatitis A cases in Sweden, 2000-2001

Author(s) -

Karin Nygård,

Yvonne Andersson,

P Lindkvist,

C Ancker,

I Asteberg,

Eva Dannetun,

R Eitrem,

Lisbeth Hellström,

Mona Insulander,

L Skedebrant,

K Stenqvist,

Johan Giesecke

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

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.06.10.00380-en

Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , odds ratio , outbreak , medicine , public health , environmental health , rocket (weapon) , confidence interval , epidemiology , hepatitis a , hepatitis , demography , geography , virology , pathology , physics , archaeology , sociology , optics

An increased incidence of domestic hepatitis A without any obvious source of infection in Sweden and a small outbreak in late spring 2001 led to the undertaking of a case-control study. Consumption of imported rocket salad was clearly associated with disease (odds ratio 9.1, 95% confidence interval 1.5 to 69). The importation of vegetables from countries where hepatitis A is endemic to countries where this disease is not endemic continues to be a public health problem.

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