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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Eurosurveillance, 6(17), 2012

DOI: 10.2807/ese.17.06.20083-en

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A possible outbreak of hepatitis A associated with semi-dried tomatoes, England, July-November 2011

Journal article published in 2012 by C. Carvalho, Hl L. Thomas, K. Balogun, R. Tedder ORCID, R. Pebody ORCID, M. Ramsay, Sl L. Ngui
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

In October 2011, two primary cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection with identical HAV genotype IB strains to those seen in other outbreaks associated with semi-dried tomatoes were reported in England. Both cases had consumed semi-dried tomatoes. Epidemiological investigations revealed two additional cases of genotype IB strains with different sequences who also reported having consumed semi-dried tomatoes. In November, five cases of HAV infection with closely related strains were identified in the Netherlands. A foodborne multiple-strain outbreak is suspected.