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Hepatitis A

Threats and outbreaks

Hepatitis A can be transmitted through contaminated water, food and via the faecal–oral route among close contacts (e.g. household contacts, sexual contacts, day-care centres or schools).

See current threats of hepatitis A

Event

World Hepatitis Day 2020

28 Jul 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Pathogen reduction of blood components during outbreaks of infectious diseases in the European Union: an expert opinion from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control consultation meeting

Dec 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Reorienting health systems to care for people with HIV beyond viral suppression

Dec 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

HIV testing strategies employed in health care settings in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA): evidence from a systematic review

Nov 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Pathogen reduction of blood components during outbreaks of infectious diseases in the European Union: an expert opinion from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control consultation meeting

Dec 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Reorienting health systems to care for people with HIV beyond viral suppression

Dec 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

HIV testing strategies employed in health care settings in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA): evidence from a systematic review

Nov 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Standardising surveillance of hepatitis E virus infection in the EU/EEA: A review of national practices and suggestions for the way forward

Nov 2019

Event

World Hepatitis Day 2020

28 Jul 2020

News

Staying healthy during Pride season: practice safer sex and check vaccination status

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Event

World Hepatitis Day 2019

28 Jul 2019

News

Epidemiological update: Hepatitis A outbreak in the EU/EEA mostly affecting men who have sex with men

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Sep 2017

Event

31st Congress of IUSTI-Europe on Sexually Transmitted Infections

31 Aug 2017 - 2 Sep 2017
Helsinki, Finland
Oct 2014

Event

Expert consultation meeting on molecular characterisation of hepatitis A virus for outbreak detection and response

23 Oct 2014 - 24 Oct 2014
Stockholm
Apr 2014

Event

The International Liver Congress, 49th Annual meeting of the European Association of the Study of the Liver

9 Apr 2014 - 13 Apr 2014
London, United Kingdom
Apr 2014

Event

6th European Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses network meeting

10 Apr 2014 - 11 Apr 2014
Piperska muren, Scheelegatan 14, Stockholm, Sweden

Data

Surveillance systems overview for 2018

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Surveillance systems overview for 2017

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Surveillance systems overview for 2016

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Surveillance systems overview for 2015

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Threats and outbreaks

Threats and outbreaks of hepatitis A

Surveillance and disease data

Facts

Hepatitis A is an acute infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus, a small, non-enveloped hepatotropic virus classified in the genus Hepatovirus within the family Picornaviridae.

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Disease programmes and networks

European Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses Network (FWD-Net)

FWD Expert Exchange Programme

Peer-reviewed publications

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Pathogen reduction of blood components during outbreaks of infectious diseases in the European Union: an expert opinion from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control consultation meeting

Dec 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Reorienting health systems to care for people with HIV beyond viral suppression

Dec 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

HIV testing strategies employed in health care settings in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA): evidence from a systematic review

Nov 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Standardising surveillance of hepatitis E virus infection in the EU/EEA: A review of national practices and suggestions for the way forward

Nov 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

HIV among women in the WHO European Region - epidemiological trends and predictors of late diagnosis, 2009-2018

Nov 2019