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Hepatitis A virus in urban sewage from two Mediterranean countries.

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Costafreda Salvany, M. Isabel (Maria Isabel)

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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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Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística)

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Hepatitis A virus in urban sewage from two Mediterranean countries.