Spillover of a hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) to the general population, the Netherlands, 2017.

Spillover of a hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) to the general population, the Netherlands, 2017.
Euro Surveill. 2018 Jun;23(23):
Authors: Friesema IH, Sonder GJ, Petrignani MW, Meiberg AE, van Rijckevorsel GG, Ruijs WL, Vennema H
Abstract
Since 2015, outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM) have been reported worldwide. To examine the impact of these MSM outbreaks in the Netherlands, we combined notification and epidemiological data with sequence analysis. Our results show the hazards of outbreaks within risk-groups spilling over into the largely susceptible general population. One third of the outbreak-related hepatitis A virus genotypes were detected in non-MSM cases.
PMID: 29897040 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Euro Surveill - June 1, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Friesema IH, Sonder GJ, Petrignani MW, Meiberg AE, van Rijckevorsel GG, Ruijs WL, Vennema H Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: research