title: Hepatitis A outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) predominantly linked with the EuroPride, the Netherlands, July 2016 to February 2017.
abstract: Between July 2016 and February 2017, 48 male cases of hepatitis A were notified in the Netherlands. Of these, 17 identified as men who have sex with men (MSM). Ten of the 13 cases for whom sequencing information was available, were infected with a strain linked with the EuroPride that took place in Amsterdam in 2016. This strain is identical to a strain that has been causing a large outbreak among MSM in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.|European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Gudrun S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Freidl
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Control, Public Health Service Amsterdam (GGD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gerard Jb
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Sonder
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Control, Public Health Service Amsterdam (GGD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lian Pmj
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Bovée
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ingrid Hm
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Friesema
authors.affiliation: National Coordination Centre for Communicable Disease Control, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gini Gc
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: van Rijckevorsel
authors.affiliation: National Coordination Centre for Communicable Disease Control, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wilhelmina Lm
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Ruijs
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Control, Public Health Service Amsterdam (GGD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: van Schie
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Control, Public Health Service Amsterdam (GGD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Evelien C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Siedenburg
authors.affiliation: Centers for Infectious Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jyh-Yuan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Diagnostics and Screening, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vennema
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D030041:Hepatitis A virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral
keywords: The Netherlands; epidemiology; hepatitis A; mass gatherings; men who have sex with men – MSM; outbreaks; sexually transmitted infections; surveillance; viral infections