An outbreak of hepatitis A in Puglia, Italy, 1996

P Malfait; PL Lopalco; S Salmaso; C Germinario; G Salamina; M Quarto; S Barbuti; R Cipriati; A Mundo; G Pesone

doi:10.2807/esm.01.05.00144-en

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An outbreak of hepatitis A in Puglia, Italy, 1996
P Malfait^1,3 , PL Lopalco² , S Salmaso² , C Germinario² , G Salamina³ , M Quarto² , S Barbuti² , R Cipriati² , A Mundo² , G Pesone²
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Affiliations: ¹ European Program for Intervention Epidemiology Training ² Istituto d'Igiene dell'Università, Bari, Italie ³ Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Reparto Malattie Infettive, Rome, Italie

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Citation style for this article: P Malfait, PL Lopalco, S Salmaso, C Germinario, G Salamina, M Quarto, S Barbuti, R Cipriati, A Mundo, G Pesone. An outbreak of hepatitis A in Puglia, Italy, 1996. Euro Surveill. 1996;1(5):pii=144. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.01.05.00144-en

Abstract

In the region of Puglia, in the south east of Italy (population: 4 million), the number of notifications of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection increases in a two yearly cycle. In 1992 a very large outbreak was observed, but no epidemiological investigation