Hepatitis A - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2019

Suggested citation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Disease name. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2019. Stockholm: ECDC; 2022.

Surveillance report
  • Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
  • Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2020 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 19 January 2022.
In 2019, 30 EU/EEA countries reported 11 370 cases of hepatitis A.
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Annual Epidemiological Report for 2019 - Hep A

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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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