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May, 2022
Penta investigates cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children
On 12 May, a Rapid Communication on the reported increase of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children was published in Eurosurveillance. The paper outlines the extent and geographical distribution of these unexplained paediatric hepatitis cases in Europe and beyond. It also highlights the challenges of drawing comparisons against a baseline of a syndrome which is not under systematic surveillance and has no standard case definitions in place. Acute hepatitis of unknown origin is a rare paediatric syndrome, which causes severe inflammation of the liver and may require transplantation. Lately, […]