Cluster of hepatitis A cases among travellers returning from Egypt, Belgium, September through November 2008.
Following a European alert by France, we detected a hepatitis A cluster in Belgian travellers returning from Egypt. Our investigation supports the hypothesis of a common source outbreak, linked to Nile river cruises. The outbreak also suggests the need to consider an intensification of the vaccination policy for travellers to hepatitis A endemic countries.
Robesyn
E
E
Flemish Agency for Care and Health, Department of Public Health Surveillance, Infectious Disease Control Unit, Brussels, Belgium. emmanuel.robesyn@wvg.vlaanderen.be
Micalessi
M I
MI
Quoilin
S
S
Naranjo
M
M
Thomas
I
I
D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*