Molecular surveillance of hepatitis A virus in Argentina: first subgenotype IB detected in a traveler

Munné, María Silvina; Altabert, Nancy; Vladimirsky, Sara; Arribere, Maria G.; Ortali, Sandra F.; Sijvarger, Carina; Otegui-Mares, Lucio O.; Soto, Sonia; Brajterman, Leonardo; González, Jorge

doi:10.1016/s1665-2681(19)30873-7

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“…There were single case reports of each of diphtheria (in 1997), hepatitis A (in 2011), meningococcal meningitis case (in 2017), and varicella (in 2014 and 2018) from passenger ships, a meningococcal meningitis case from a military ship (in 2003) and varicella (in 2015) from cargo ships (Table 1) [21,24,25,26,27]. Six of the seven case reports were in crew with the exception being the diphtheria case, which was in a passenger [24].…”

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A Systematic Review for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases on Ships: Evidence for Cross-Border Transmission and for Pre-Employment Immunization Need

Mouchtouri

Lewis

Hadjichristodoulou

2019

IJERPH

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A literature review was conducted to identify evidence of cases and outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) that have been reported from on board ships and the methods applied on board for prevention and control, worldwide, in 1990 to April 2019. Moreover, evidence from seroprevalence studies for the same diseases were also included. The literature review was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews (PRISMA) guidelines. A total of 1795 cases (115 outbreaks, 7 case reports) were identified, the majority were among crew (1466/1795, 81.7%) and were varicella cases (1497, 83.4%). The origin of crew cases was from sub-tropical countries in many reports. Measles (40 cases, 69% among crew), rubella (47, 88.7%), herpes zoster (9, 69.2%) and varicella cases (1316, 87.9%) were more frequent among crew. Mumps cases were equal among passengers and crew (22/22). Hepatitis A (73/92, 70.3%), meningococcal meningitis (16/29, 44.8%), and pertussis (9/9) were more frequent among passengers. Two outbreaks resulted in 262 secondary measles cases on land. Review results were used to draft a new chapter for prevention and control of VPDs in the European Manual for Hygiene Standards and Communicable Disease Surveillance on Passenger Ships. Despite past and current evidence for cross-border VPD transmission and maritime occupational risks, documented pre-employment examination of immune status, vaccination of seafarers, and travel advice to passengers are not yet regulated.

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