Preliminary report on an ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Estonia, 2011

I Dontšenko; N Kerbo; J Pullmann; S Plank; N Võželevskaja; K Kutsar

doi:10.2807/ese.16.42.19996-en

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Preliminary report on an ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Estonia, 2011

I Dontšenko¹, N Kerbo¹, J Pullmann², S Plank³, N Võželevskaja⁴, K Kutsar¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Health Board, Tallinn, Estonia ² Southern Service of the Health Board, Viljandi, Estonia ³ Southern Service of the Health Board, Tartu, Estonia ⁴ Northern Service of the Health Board, Tallinn, Estonia

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Citation style for this article: Dontšenko I, Kerbo N, Pullmann J, Plank S, Võželevskaja N, Kutsar K. Preliminary report on an ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Estonia, 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(42):pii=19996. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.42.19996-en Received: 07 Oct 2011; Accepted:

Abstract

Since the beginning of August 2011, an outbreak of hepatitis A has been detected in Estonia. The majority of laboratory-confirmed cases (n=66) were notified between 4 August and 3 October 2011 and were linked to Viljandi county. The outbreak is still ongoing.