PRO/EDR> Hepatitis A – EU (02): (Northern countries), travel-associated

Hepatitis A — Worldwide/Unknown
(By: MacDonald E, Steens A, Stene-Johansen K, Gillesberg Lassen S, Midgley SE, Lawrence J, Crofts J, Ngui SL, Balogun K, Frank C, Faber M, Gertler M, Verhoef L, Koopmans M, Sane J, van Pelt W, Sundqvist L, Vold L.)

Since November 2012, there has been an increase in reported cases of hepatitis A (HAV) in tourists returning from Egypt in several European countries. [See also: ProMED-mail: Hepatitis A – EU: Nordic countries, food-borne, frozen berries, archive number 20130417.1653060]. As