Hepatitis A outbreak since November 2016 affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chile connected to the current outbreak in MSM in Europe, situation up to October 2017

A hepatitis A outbreak has occurred in Chile since November 2016. Men are predominantly affected, with a large proportion of men who have sex with men (MSM). We describe 12 consecutive unrelated confirmed cases who presented at our healthcare institution in Santiago Metropolitan Area. Nine were men,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2018-03, Vol.23 (9)
Hauptverfasser:	Rivas, Violeta, Barrera, Aldo, Pino, Karla, Núñez, Ruth, Caceres, C Joaquin, Lopez-Lastra, Marcelo, Soza, Alejandro
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Chile - epidemiology Disease Outbreaks Epidemics Europe - epidemiology Gays & lesbians Genotype Genotype & phenotype Hepatitis Hepatitis A - diagnosis Hepatitis A - epidemiology Hepatitis A - virology Hepatitis A virus - classification Hepatitis A virus - genetics Hepatitis A virus - isolation & purification Homosexuality, Male Humans Male Men Mens health Middle Aged Polymerase Chain Reaction Rapid Communication RNA, Viral - blood RNA, Viral - genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	A hepatitis A outbreak has occurred in Chile since November 2016. Men are predominantly affected, with a large proportion of men who have sex with men (MSM). We describe 12 consecutive unrelated confirmed cases who presented at our healthcare institution in Santiago Metropolitan Area. Nine were men, all reporting having had sex with men. Ten viral sequences, genotyped as IA, clustered with the V16-25801 strain causing outbreaks mostly in MSM in Europe since mid-2016.
ISSN:	1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917
DOI:	10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.9.18-00060