International linkage of two food-borne hepatitis A clusters through traceback of mussels, the Netherlands, 2012.

In conclusion, a small number of patients in a non-endemic area led to geographically dispersed hepatitis A outbreaks with food as vehicle. This link would have gone unnoticed without sequence analyses and international collaboration.
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Source: Euro Surveill - January 21, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Boxman IL, Verhoef L, Vennema H, Ngui SL, Friesema IH, Whiteside C, Lees D, Koopmans M Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: research