2020
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.37.1900670
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Resurgence of an international hepatitis A outbreak linked to imported frozen strawberries, Germany, 2018 to 2020

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“…B. ausgehend von Gemeinschaftseinrichtungen oder Bäckereien, betrafen Ausbrüche in den letzten Jahren u.a. Asylsuchende aus Endemiegebieten, die in Massenunterkünften untergebracht wurden [9], MSM [10], Reiserückkehrer aus endemischen Gebieten sowie nichtgereiste Personen, die importierte Lebensmittel verzehrt hatten [11,12].…”
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“…B. ausgehend von Gemeinschaftseinrichtungen oder Bäckereien, betrafen Ausbrüche in den letzten Jahren u.a. Asylsuchende aus Endemiegebieten, die in Massenunterkünften untergebracht wurden [9], MSM [10], Reiserückkehrer aus endemischen Gebieten sowie nichtgereiste Personen, die importierte Lebensmittel verzehrt hatten [11,12].…”
Section: Hepatitis Aunclassified
“…InNiedriginzidenzländerneinschließlich Deutschland werden zunehmend Ausbrüche durch mit HAV kontaminierte Lebensmittel festgestellt. Häufig handelt es sich bei den Vehikeln um Datteln oder gefrorene Früchte, insbesondere Beeren, die aus Endemiegebieten importiert wurden und daraus hergestellte Produkte wie Smoothies, Kuchen/ Torten oder Desserts [12][13][14].…”
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“…Because most children escaped HAV infection in the latest decades, outbreaks very often affect susceptible adults and are associated with consumption of contaminated food items or selected groups at increased risk of infection. The latter include for example susceptible travellers to endemic countries, ethnic minorities, men who have sex with men (MSM), and people who inject drugs (Gallian et al, 2019;Hrivniakova et al, 2009;Latimer et al, 2007;Ndumbi et al, 2018;Ruscher et al, 2020;Sane et al, 2015;Severi et al, 2015;Zimmermann et al, 2021).…”
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“…In 2018, the ‘disease detective’ work of Swedish and Austrian health authorities, supported by fellows of the European Programme for Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM) and European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Programme (EPIET), was reported in a rapid communication on a hepatitis A outbreak related to frozen strawberries, highlighting the importance of sequencing in outbreak investigations and increasing awareness of hepatitis A virus infections related to frozen strawberries in Europe [ 3 ]. This outbreak was later connected to another when 65 cases across Germany were linked to the same hepatitis A virus strain between 2018 and 2020 [ 4 ].…”
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