Hepatitis A Outbreak Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in a Country of Low Endemicity of Hepatitis A Infection

J Infect Dis. 2017 Apr 15;215(8):1339-1340. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix123.

Authors

Guan-Jhou Chen¹, Kuan-Yin Lin², Chien-Ching Hung^{1

3

4}, Shan-Chwen Chang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei.
² Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Jin-Shan Branch, New Taipei City.
³ Department of Parasitology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei.
⁴ Department of Medical Research, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.

PMID: 28329351
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix123

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Keywords: epidemiology; fecal–oral transmission; men who have sex with men; vaccination.; viral hepatitis.

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Disease Outbreaks
Hepatitis A virus*
Hepatitis A*
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Incidence
Israel
Male
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Vaccination