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Acute Hepatitis in Children Due to Rat Hepatitis E Virus

2024; Elsevier BV; Volume: 273; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114125

1097-6833

Javier Caballero‐Gómez, Sara Pereira, Irene Rivero‐Calle, Ana B. Perez, Isabel Viciana, Marı́a Casares-Jiménez, Lucía Ríos-Muñoz, António Rivero‐Juarez, Antonio Aguilera, Antonio Rivero,

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Two of 11 children with acute hepatitis of unknown origin were found to have rat hepatitis E virus infection. This infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children with acute hepatitis of unknown origin.