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Unusual Increase of Hepatitis A Cases in HIV Infected Men who have Sex with Men 愛滋病病毒陽性男男性接觸者 感染甲型肝炎個案異常增加 Unusual Increase of Hepatitis A in HIV+ MSM 愛滋病病毒陽性男男性接觸者甲型肝炎異常增加 • Hepatitis A is a notifiable disease under the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Cap 599) of the Hong Kong laws. • 甲型肝炎乃香港 《預防及控制疾病條例》第( 599章 )法定須呈報 傳染病。 • An unusual increase in the number of hepatitis A among attendees of Integrated Treatment Centre (ITC) of Department of Health (DH), who were HIV positive men who have sex with men (MSM), were recorded by CHP recently. • 到衞生署綜合治療中心就診的愛滋病病毒陽性的男男性接觸者 當中，感染甲型肝炎的個案近月異常增加。 Hepatitis A cases among patients of ITC 綜合治療中心病人中的甲型肝炎個案 10 9 數8 宗 案7 個 6 s e s a 5 c f o 4 r e b m 3 u N 2 1 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2015 Month of onset 2016 發病月份 Hepatitis A cases recorded by CHP 衞生防護中心錄得的甲型肝炎個案 Hepatitis A cases among patients of ITC 綜合治療中心病人中的甲型肝炎個案 • The annual number of hepatitis A cases recorded by ITC was generally zero to two per year from 2006 to 2015. • 二○○六至一五年期間，綜合治療中心就診病人中的甲型 肝炎個案數字每年一般為 0至2 宗。 • However, CHP of DH noticed an unusual increased number of hepatitis A infection among the ITC patients since August 2016 with 0-3 cases recorded per month. • 衞生署衞生防護中心留意 到在綜合治療中心求診的 病人中， 甲型肝炎個案自二○一六年八月起異常增加 ，每月有0至3 人受感染。 Hepatitis A cases among patients of ITC 綜合治療中心病人中的甲型肝炎個案 • Retrospective analysis of laboratory information revealed that the virus from most of the cases reported since September 2015 were shown to be identical to either one of two genetically distinguishable groups within genotype