Year 2018 / Volume 110 / Number 10
Letter
An outbreak of acute hepatitis due to the hepatitis A virus in 2017: are we witnessing a change in contagion risk factors?

675-676

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2018.5633/2018

Carlos Alventosa Mateu, Juan José Urquijo Ponce, Moisés Diago Madrid,

Abstract
There has been an increase in the incidence rates in recent years of sexually transmitted diseases within the cohort of males who have sex with other men (MSM). An outbreak of acute hepatitis due to the hepatitis A virus was reported in 2017, both nationally and internationally. The sexual practices of this cohort are strongly implicated as a mechanism of infection. This situation was assessed in our health district and the incidence rate of this disease in 2017 was higher than usual. MSM practices are the potential cause of transmission in 52% of the cases (12/23). This situation triggers a change in the contagion risk factors for this disease. Therefore, we believe that we must provide health education and act within the MSM group to avoid new outbreaks in the future.
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Received: 31/03/2018

Accepted: 06/04/2018

Online First: 03/09/2018

Published: 01/10/2018

Article Online First time: 156 days

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