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Hepatitis A virus in urban sewage from two Mediterranean countries.
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Molecular methods for the detection and typing of hepatitis A virus (HAV) strains in sewage were applied to determine its distribution in Cairo and Barcelona. The study revealed the occurrence of different patterns of hepatitis A endemicity in each city. The circulating strains characterized, whether in Cairo or Barcelona, were genotype IB. The effects of a child vaccination programme and the increase in the immigrant population on the overall hepatitis A occurrence in Barcelona were evaluated. While vaccination contributed to a significant decrease in the number of clinical cases, the huge recent immigration flow has probably been responsible for the re-emergence of the disease in the last year of study, in the form of small outbreaks among the non-vaccinated population.
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PINTÓ SOLÉ, Rosa maría, ALEGRE, D., DOMÍNGUEZ GARCÍA, Àngela, MORSY EL-SENOUSY, W., SÁNCHEZ, G., VILLENA, C., COSTAFREDA SALVANY, M. isabel (maria isabel), ARAGONÈS, L., BOSCH, Albert. Hepatitis A virus in urban sewage from two Mediterranean countries.. _Epidemiology and Infection_. 2007. Vol. 135, núm. 2, pàgs. 270-273. [consulta: 23 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 0950-2688. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/193905]