Food contaminated by hepatitis A virus (HAV) is responsible of the 2–7% of all HAV outbreaks worldwide. This review provides a description of the HAV characteristics, its infectivity and epidemiological features. In addition, this review compiles existing original papers reporting HAV prevalence, viral titres in foodstuffs and the risk associated with food contamination. The purpose of this revision is to conduct a structured and systematic review of the published molecular procedures for HAV detection in food, including the assessment of its infectivity.

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食物引起的甲型肝炎感染。

受甲型肝炎病毒（HAV）污染的食物占全球所有HAV暴发的2–7％。这篇综述描述了HAV的特征，其传染性和流行病学特征。此外，本评价还汇编了现有的原始论文，这些论文报告了HAV流行率，食品中的病毒滴度以及与食品污染相关的风险。本修订的目的是对已发表的食品中HAV检测的分子程序进行结构化和系统的审查，包括对其传染性的评估。