Hepatitis A - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Disease name. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2018. Stockholm: ECDC; 2022.

Surveillance report
  • Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
  • Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2018 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 17 September 2019.
In 2018, 30 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries reported 15 815 cases of hepatitis A, of which 15 677 (99.1%) were confirmed.
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Hepatitis A Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

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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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