Control of a community outbreak of hepatitis A in an area of low endemicity, Wales, 2016

• Main Authors: J. Vaz (Author), C. Floyd (Author), B. Mason (Author), A. G. Shankar (Author), H. Lewis (Author)
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• Udgivet: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Incidence of hepatitis A in Wales is low (average of 0.48/100,000 inhabitants from 2004-2015). We describe a community outbreak of hepatitis A involving 3 schools (primary and secondary) in South Wales between March and June 2016 and reflect on the adequacy of the control measures used. Anyone in So...