| molecular characterization of hepatitis a outbreak in the province of rome, lazio region, italy, january-july 2013. | reduced circulation of hepatitis a virus lead to an increase of susceptible individuals, and outbreaks occurred recently. in northern italy an outbreak is ongoing, attributed to a monophyletic genotype ia strain, with mixed frozen berries as probable source. from 01/01/2013 to 07/15/2013, 30 cases were diagnosed at national institute for infectious diseases, rome, italy, representing about twice the number of cases in whole 2012. phylogenetic analysis indicated that most, although not all, infec ... | 2014 | 24486185 |