Abstract
An outbreak of infection with hepatitis A virus associated with a foodhandler and involving 26 subjects occurred in Southern Italy. Sequence analysis of the VP3-VP1 and VP1-P2A junctions confirmed that the outbreak was due to a point source and allowed the identification of a new genotype IB variant. This report confirms the usefulness of sequence-based molecular fingerprinting during outbreaks.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Case-Control Studies
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Food Handling*
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Genotype
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Hepatitis A / epidemiology*
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Hepatitis A / etiology
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Hepatitis A / virology
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Hepatitis A virus / classification*
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Hepatitis A virus / genetics
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Phylogeny
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
Associated data
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GENBANK/AY294046
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GENBANK/AY294047
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GENBANK/AY294048
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GENBANK/AY294049