title: Outbreak of Hepatitis A in Italy Associated with Frozen Redcurrants Imported from Poland: A Case Study.
abstract: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) was detected in a batch of imported non-packaged frozen redcurrants purchased in a Bari grocery. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis showed the HAV strain clustered tightly with the HAV strain from the 2013 Italian epidemic, providing additional evidence that frozen redcurrants were the main vehicle of the HAV outbreak.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", S.p. per Casamassima Km 3, Valenzano, 70010, Bari, Italy, valentina.terio@uniba.it.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Terio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bottaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Pinto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catella
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chironna
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bozzo
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kingsley
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonerba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morea
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martella
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005638:Fruit / Q000191:economics / Q000821:virology*; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D030041:Hepatitis A virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011044:Poland; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D031965:Ribes / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral