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. 2017 Feb 23;22(8):30468.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.8.30468.

Hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) predominantly linked with the EuroPride, the Netherlands, July 2016 to February 2017

Gudrun S Freidl  1   2 , Gerard Jb Sonder  3 , Lian Pmj Bovée  3 , Ingrid Hm Friesema  1 , Gini Gc van Rijckevorsel  4 , Wilhelmina Lm Ruijs  4 , Frank van Schie  3 , Evelien C Siedenburg  3 , Jyh-Yuan Yang  5 , Harry Vennema  6
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Hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) predominantly linked with the EuroPride, the Netherlands, July 2016 to February 2017

Gudrun S Freidl et al. Euro Surveill. .

Abstract

Between July 2016 and February 2017, 48 male cases of hepatitis A were notified in the Netherlands. Of these, 17 identified as men who have sex with men (MSM). Ten of the 13 cases for whom sequencing information was available, were infected with a strain linked with the EuroPride that took place in Amsterdam in 2016. This strain is identical to a strain that has been causing a large outbreak among MSM in Taiwan.

Keywords: The Netherlands; epidemiology; hepatitis A; mass gatherings; men who have sex with men – MSM; outbreaks; sexually transmitted infections; surveillance; viral infections.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Epidemic curve of hepatitis A cases by MSM status and week of onset of illness, July 2016–February 2017, the Netherlands (n = 19)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Phylogenetic analysis of virus strains from hepatitis A cases who self-identified as men who have sex with men, the Netherlands, 2000–2017
Figure 3
Figure 3
Geographic distribution of hepatitis A cases who self-identified as men who have sex with men, by available sequence information, the Netherlands, July 2016–February 2017 (n = 19)
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