Cluster of cases of hepatitis A with a travel history to Egypt, September-November 2008, France

E Couturier; A M Roque-Afonso; M J Letort; E Dussaix; V Vaillant; H de Valk

doi:10.2807/ese.14.03.19094-en

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Cluster of cases of hepatitis A with a travel history to Egypt, September-November 2008, France
E Couturier¹ , A M Roque-Afonso² , M J Letort¹ , E Dussaix² , V Vaillant¹ , H de Valk¹
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Affiliations: ¹ French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de veille sanitaire, InVS), Department of infectious diseases (Département des maladies infectieuses), Saint-Maurice cedex, France ² National reference centre for hepatitis A virus (Centre national de référence du virus de l’hépatite A), Hôpital Paul Brousse AP-HP, Villejuif, France

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Citation style for this article: Couturier E, Roque-Afonso A M, Letort M J, Dussaix E, Vaillant V, de Valk H. Cluster of cases of hepatitis A with a travel history to Egypt, September-November 2008, France . Euro Surveill. 2009;14(3):pii=19094. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.03.19094-en Received: 15 Jan 2009

Abstract

Since September 2008, 26 cases of hepatitis A with a history of travel to Egypt have been reported in France. Investigations indicate that a common source of contamination linked to Nile river cruises is the most likely explanation of the increase in the number of cases reported in France as well as in several other European Union countries.