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An outbreak of hepatitis A in Puglia, Italy, 1996
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Virus EpidemiologyHepatitis AEpidemiological DynamicHepatitis BSouth EastDisease OutbreakHepatic DisordersHepatitis A VirusViral HepatitisClinical EpidemiologyEmerging Infectious DiseasePublic HealthGeneral EpidemiologyInfectious Disease EpidemiologyLarge OutbreakDisease SurveillanceEpidemiologyHepatologyHepatitisMedicine
In the region of Puglia, in the south east of Italy (population: 4 million), the number of notifications of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection increases in a two yearly cycle. In 1992 a very large outbreak was observed, but no epidemiological investigation