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  • Changing Molecular Epidemio...
    Ramachandran, Sumathi; Xia, Guo-Liang; Dimitrova, Zoya; Lin, Yulin; Montgomery, Martha; Augustine, Ryan; Kamili, Saleem; Khudyakov, Yury

    Emerging infectious diseases 27, Issue: 6
    Journal Article

    Hepatitis A virus (HAV) genotype IA was most common among strains tested in US outbreak investigations and surveillance during 1996-2015. However, HAV genotype IB gained prominence during 2016-2019 person-to-person multistate outbreaks. Detection of previously uncommon strains highlights the changing molecular epidemiology of HAV infection in the United States.