• Eurosurveillance · Apr 2014

    Ongoing hepatitis A outbreak in Europe 2013 to 2014: imported berry mix cake suspected to be the source of infection in Norway.

    • B Guzman-Herrador, L Jensvoll, M Einoder-Moreno, H Lange, S Myking, K Nygard, K Stene-Johansen, and L Vold.
    • Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
    • Eurosurveillance. 2014 Apr 17; 19 (15).

    AbstractOn 7 March 2014, an increase in hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections was identified in Norway. As of 12 April, 19 cases of HAV infection with a virus strain identical to an ongoing European outbreak have been identified. Six probable cases are currently under investigation. On 11 April, a frozen berry mix cake imported from another European country was found as the likely source of the outbreak; the importer has withdrawn the product in Norway.

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