Titre :
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Large outbreak of hepatitis A in tourists staying at a hotel in Hurghada, Egypt, 2004 - orange juice implicated. (2005)
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Auteurs :
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C. FRANK ;
O. HAMOUDA ;
A.M. HAURI ;
A. JANSEN ;
M. MUEHLEN ;
E. SCHREIER ;
K. STARK ;
U. VAN TREECK ;
J. WALTER ;
I. ZOELLNER ;
Institute of Public Health. State of North-Rhine Westphalia. Münster. DEU ;
State Health Authority. State of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Stuttgart. DEU ;
State Health Authority. State of Hesse. Dillenburg. DEU
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Eurosurveillance European communicable disease quarterly (vol. 10, n° 4-6, 2005/04)
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Pagination :
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135-137
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Hépatite virale A
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Epidémie
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Tourisme
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Egypte
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Jus fruit
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Epidémiologie descriptive
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Allemagne
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Europe
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Réseau surveillance
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Examen laboratoire
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par InVS R0xkMwrs. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In August and September 2004, a large outbreak of hepatitis A occurred involving tourists staying at a specific hotel (hotel X) in the Egyptian resort of Hurghada. A total of 351 cases associated with this outbreak were came to the attention of the Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) : 271 primary and 7 secondary infections reported in Germany, and 60 primary and 13 secondary infections which were reported via the national public health institutes of eight other European countries. (Introduction).
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