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Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Research Letter

Hepatitis A Virus Genotype IB Outbreak among Internally Displaced Persons, Syria

Malak Kaddoura, Rasmieh Allaham, Abdinasir Abubakar, Amani Ezzeddine, Amal Barakat, Peter Mala, and Hassan ZaraketComments to Author 
Author affiliations: American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (M. Kaddoura, A. Ezzeddine, H. Zaraket); World Health Organization Country Office, Damascus, Syria (R. Allaham); World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt (A. Abubakar, A. Barakat, P. Mala)

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Serology and PCR analysis of serum and plasma specimens from the suspected hepatitis outbreak*

Lab ID District Serology
 Molecular analysis
HAV IgM HAV total HAV vRNA HEV vRNA Genotype
1 Fafin + + + – ND
2 Fafin + + + – IB
3 Fafin + + + – IB
4 Fafin + + + – ND
5 Fafin + + + – ND
6 Fafin + + + – IB
7 Fafin + + + – IB
8 Fafin + + + – ND
9 Fafin – + – – –
10 Fafin + + + – ND
11 Fafin + NS + – ND
12 Fafin – + – – –
13 Fafin – + – – –
14 Quneitra + + + – ND
15 Quneitra – + + – ND
16 Quneitra – + – – –
17 Quneitra + + + – ND
18 Quneitra + + + – IB
19 Daraa + NS + – ND
20 Daraa + NS + – ND
21 Daraa + NS + – IB
22 Daraa + NS + – ND
23 Daraa + NS + – ND
24 Daraa – NS – – –

*HAV, hepatitis A virus; HEV, hepatitis E virus; ND, not determined; NS, no sufficient volume; +, positive; –, negative.

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