Hepatitis A - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016

 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Hepatitis A. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2016. Stockholm: ECDC; 2019

Surveillance report
  • Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
  • Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2016 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 27 November 2017.
In 2016, 29 EU/EEA countries reported 12 502 cases of hepatitis A, of which 12 429 (99.4%) were confirmed.
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Hepatitis A virus particles, TEM. © Science Photo Library

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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