Acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children: Should we move the discussion from a purely infectious origin also to other plausible causes?

Pietro Vajro; Claudia Mandato; Björn Fischler

doi:10.1080/21505594.2024.2318582

Acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children: Should we move the discussion from a purely infectious origin also to other plausible causes?

Virulence. 2024 Dec;15(1):2318582. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2024.2318582. Epub 2024 Feb 22.

Authors

Pietro Vajro¹, Claudia Mandato¹, Björn Fischler^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Section of Pediatrics, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
² Department of Pediatrics, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute hepatitis of unknown/undetermined origin; adeno-associated virus type 2; counterfeit medicines; human adenovirus type 41; paracetamol.

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Child
Communicable Diseases*
Hepatitis*
Humans

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