Browsing by Author "Takkinen, Johanna"

2019-07-11Zeitschriftenartikel

Improving preparedness to respond to cross-border hepatitis A outbreaks in the European Union/European Economic Area: towards comparable sequencing of hepatitis A virus

Enkirch, Theresa; Severi, Ettore; Vennema, Harry; Thornton, Lelia; Dean, Jonathan; Borg, Maria-Louise; Ciccaglione, Anna Rita; Bruni, Roberto; Christova, Iva; Ngui, Siew Lin; Balogun, Koye; Němeček, Vratislav; Kontio, Mia; Takács, Mária; Hettmann, Andrea; Korotinska, Rita; Löve, Arthur; Avellón, Ana; Muñoz-Chimeno, Milagros; de Sousa, Rita; Janta, Denisa; Epštein, Jevgenia; Klamer, Sofieke; Suin, Vanessa; Aberle, Stephan W.; Holzmann, Heidemarie; Mellou, Kassiani; Lundberg Ederth, Josefine; Sundqvist, Lena; Roque-Afonso, Anne-Marie; Kurečić Filipović, Sanja; Poljak, Mario; Vold, Line; Stene-Johansen, Kathrine; Midgley, Sofie; Kølsen Fischer, Thea; Faber, Mirko; Wenzel, Jürgen J.; Takkinen, Johanna; Leitmeyer, Katrin

Introduction Sequence-based typing of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is important for outbreak detection, investigation and surveillance. In 2013, sequencing was central to resolving a large European Union (EU)-wide outbreak ...

Background and aim: The trend in reported case counts of invasive Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), a potentially severe food-borne disease, has been increasing since 2008. In 2015, 2,224 cases were reported in the European ...