Investigation into cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology among young children, Scotland, 1 January 2022 to 12 April 2022

On 31 March 2022, Public Health Scotland was alerted to five children aged 3–5 years admitted to hospital with severe hepatitis of unknown aetiology. Retrospective investigation identified eight additional cases aged 10 years and younger since 1 January 2022. Two pairs of cases have epidemiological...

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Autores principales: Marsh, Kimberly, Tayler, Rachel, Pollock, Louisa, Roy, Kirsty, Lakha, Fatim, Ho, Antonia, Henderson, David, Divala, Titus, Currie, Sandra, Yirrell, David, Lockhart, Michael, Rossi, Maria K., Phin, Nick
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Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2022
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9012090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35426362
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.15.2200318
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author Marsh, Kimberly
Tayler, Rachel
Pollock, Louisa
Roy, Kirsty
Lakha, Fatim
Ho, Antonia
Henderson, David
Divala, Titus
Currie, Sandra
Yirrell, David
Lockhart, Michael
Rossi, Maria K.
Phin, Nick
author_facet Marsh, Kimberly
Tayler, Rachel
Pollock, Louisa
Roy, Kirsty
Lakha, Fatim
Ho, Antonia
Henderson, David
Divala, Titus
Currie, Sandra
Yirrell, David
Lockhart, Michael
Rossi, Maria K.
Phin, Nick
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description On 31 March 2022, Public Health Scotland was alerted to five children aged 3–5 years admitted to hospital with severe hepatitis of unknown aetiology. Retrospective investigation identified eight additional cases aged 10 years and younger since 1 January 2022. Two pairs of cases have epidemiological links. Common viral hepatitis causes were excluded in those with available results. Five children were adenovirus PCR-positive. Other childhood viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, have been isolated. Investigations are ongoing, with new cases still presenting.
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spelling pubmed-90120902022-05-03 Investigation into cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology among young children, Scotland, 1 January 2022 to 12 April 2022 Marsh, Kimberly Tayler, Rachel Pollock, Louisa Roy, Kirsty Lakha, Fatim Ho, Antonia Henderson, David Divala, Titus Currie, Sandra Yirrell, David Lockhart, Michael Rossi, Maria K. Phin, Nick Euro Surveill Rapid Communication On 31 March 2022, Public Health Scotland was alerted to five children aged 3–5 years admitted to hospital with severe hepatitis of unknown aetiology. Retrospective investigation identified eight additional cases aged 10 years and younger since 1 January 2022. Two pairs of cases have epidemiological links. Common viral hepatitis causes were excluded in those with available results. Five children were adenovirus PCR-positive. Other childhood viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, have been isolated. Investigations are ongoing, with new cases still presenting. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2022-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9012090/ /pubmed/35426362 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.15.2200318 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2022. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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Marsh, Kimberly
Tayler, Rachel
Pollock, Louisa
Roy, Kirsty
Lakha, Fatim
Ho, Antonia
Henderson, David
Divala, Titus
Currie, Sandra
Yirrell, David
Lockhart, Michael
Rossi, Maria K.
Phin, Nick
Investigation into cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology among young children, Scotland, 1 January 2022 to 12 April 2022
title Investigation into cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology among young children, Scotland, 1 January 2022 to 12 April 2022
title_full Investigation into cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology among young children, Scotland, 1 January 2022 to 12 April 2022
title_fullStr Investigation into cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology among young children, Scotland, 1 January 2022 to 12 April 2022
title_full_unstemmed Investigation into cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology among young children, Scotland, 1 January 2022 to 12 April 2022
title_short Investigation into cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology among young children, Scotland, 1 January 2022 to 12 April 2022
title_sort investigation into cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology among young children, scotland, 1 january 2022 to 12 april 2022
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9012090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35426362
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.15.2200318
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