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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2022

An outbreak of hepatitis A virus infection in a secondary school in England with no undetected asymptomatic transmission among students.

A Wensley, E Smout, S-L Ngui, K Balogun, P Blomquist, M Edelstein, R Greenwood, S Coles, K Ingold, L Sargeant and 3 more

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

A WensleyField Service, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Leeds, UK.
E SmoutField Service, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Leeds, UK.
S-L NguiVirus Reference Department, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, London, UK.
K BalogunClinical Public Health, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, London, UK.
P BlomquistField Epidemiology Training Programme, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, London, UK.
M EdelsteinClinical Public Health, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7323-0806
R GreenwoodYorkshire and Humber Health Protection Team, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Leeds, UK.
S ColesYorkshire and Humber Health Protection Team, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Leeds, UK.
K IngoldNorth Yorkshire County Council, North Yorkshire, UK.
L SargeantNorth Yorkshire County Council, North Yorkshire, UK.
M GentYorkshire and Humber Health Protection Team, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Leeds, UK.
S PadfieldYorkshire and Humber Health Protection Team, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Leeds, UK.
G J HughesField Service, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3781-0117
National Security Agency · USNorth Yorkshire County Council · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In June 2019 the Health Protection Team in Yorkshire and Humber, England, was notified of cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection in staff at a secondary school. Investigation revealed that an earlier case worked as a food handler in the school kitchen. Indirect transmission through food from the canteen was considered the most likely route of transmission. Cases were described according to setting of exposure. Oral fluid was obtained from students for serological testing. Environmental investigations were undertaken at settings where food handling was considered a potential transmission risk. Thirty-three confirmed cases were linked to the outbreak. All of those tested (

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Hepatitis AHepatitis A virusAdolescentChildDisease OutbreaksEnglandHumansSchoolsStudentsEpidemiologyhepatitis Aoutbreakspublic healthvaccination (immunisation)

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PMID36502811
PMCPMC9990387
OpenAlexW4311112537

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