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| Adenovirus and severe acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in children: Offender or bystander? |
| Shan Shan, Ji-Dong Jia ∗ |
Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University; Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Liver Cirrhosis; National
Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing 100050, China
∗ Corresponding author
E-mail address: jia_jd@ccmu.edu.cn (J.-D. Jia). |
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Abstract On April 6, 2022, the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) released an alert on cases of hepatitis of unknown etiology in children [1]. On April 15, 2022, World Health Organization (WHO) published the first notice of this condition [2]. Later on, similar cases were reported from the UK, other European countries, and other parts of the world. Consequently, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the United States (US) Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO have issued and updated alerts and provided working case definitions of severe acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in children [3–6].
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2022, Vol. 21 
