Open AccessIncrease in hepatitis A in MSM in the Netherlands
Author(s) -
C M de Jager,
Janneke C. M. Heijne
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.22.02475-en
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , hepatitis , medicine , hepatitis c , hepatitis a , virology , notifiable disease , geography , environmental health , demography , epidemiology , sociology , mathematics , geometry
It is unusual for an upsurge in hepatitis A incidence to be seen in spring or early summer in the Netherlands. A recent increase in the number of notifications of hepatitis A has, however, been detected through the Dutch data collection system for notifiable diseases