Monday, 29 April 2019

PRO/EDR> Hepatitis A - Sweden: Iranian dates

Hepatitis A -- Sweden
Sweden's Public Health Authority, or Folkhalsomyndigheten, is reporting an outbreak of hepatitis A where the suspected source of infection is fresh dates from Iran. Of the 9 cases reported since late February 2019, 8 are confirmed and have the same type of hepatitis A virus (genotype IIIA); one case is suspected. The cases are between the ages of 28 and 73 years; 5 are men and 4 are women. The cases are from 7 different counties (Orebro, Stockholm, Uppsala, Skane, Sodermanland, Kalmar and

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6446348&promed&0

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