Hepatitis A Outbreak Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Yokohama, Japan, January to May 2018

Sex Transm Dis. 2019 Mar;46(3):e26-e27. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000937.

Abstract

Between January and May in 2018, 17 male cases of hepatitis A were reported in Yokohama, Japan. Of these, 14 identified as men who have sex with men. The viral sequence in this outbreak was same as that of the recent European and Taiwanese outbreaks strain.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Genotype
  • Hepatitis A / epidemiology*
  • Hepatitis A / virology
  • Hepatitis A Virus, Human / genetics
  • Hepatitis A Virus, Human / immunology
  • Homosexuality, Male*
  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Serologic Tests
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities*
  • Viral Structural Proteins / genetics
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • VP1 protein, hepatitis A virus
  • Viral Structural Proteins