Hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children – epidemiological overview of cases reported in Europe, 1 January to 16 June 2022

Adriana Romaní Vidal; Aisling Vaughan; Francesco Innocenti; Soledad Colombe; Lina Nerlander; Natalia Rachwal; Bruno Christian Ciancio; Aikaterini Mougkou; Carlos Carvalho; Enrique Delgado; Piers Mook; Géraldine de Muylder; Michael Peeters; Tencho Tenev; Elitsa Golkocheva-Markova; Veronika Vorobieva Solholm Jensen; Anders Koch; Julie Figoni; Cécile Brouard; Georgia Nikolopoulou; Anastasia Zisouli; Annemarie Broderick; Lital Goldberg; Rivka Rich; Lior Hecht Sagie; Maria Elena Tosti; Barbara Suligoi; Rosa Joosten; Roan Pijnacker; Ingvild Fjeldheim; Eli Heen; Małgorzata Stępień; Piotr Polański; Rui Tato Marinho; João Vieira Martins; Carmen Varela; Ana Avellón; Emmi Andersson; Marie Jansson Mörk; Sema Mandal; Conall Watson; Laura Coughlan; Meera Chand; Claire Neill; Declan T Bradley; Kathy Li; Maureen O’Leary; Neil McInnes; Christopher J Williams; Ardiana Gjini; Erika Duffell; Richard Pebody

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.31.2200483

Hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children – epidemiological overview of cases reported in Europe, 1 January to 16 June 2022

Adriana Romaní Vidal
, Aisling Vaughan
, Francesco Innocenti
, Soledad Colombe
, Lina Nerlander
, Natalia Rachwal
, Bruno Christian Ciancio
, Aikaterini Mougkou
, Carlos Carvalho
, Enrique Delgado
, Piers Mook
, Géraldine de Muylder
, Michael Peeters
, Tencho Tenev
, Elitsa Golkocheva-Markova
, Veronika Vorobieva Solholm Jensen
, Anders Koch
, Julie Figoni
, Cécile Brouard
, Georgia Nikolopoulou

Anastasia Zisouli, Annemarie Broderick, Lital Goldberg, Rivka Rich, Lior Hecht Sagie, Maria Elena Tosti, Barbara Suligoi, Rosa Joosten, Roan Pijnacker, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Eli Heen, Małgorzata Stępień, Piotr Polański, Rui Tato Marinho, João Vieira Martins, Carmen Varela, Ana Avellón, Emmi Andersson, Marie Jansson Mörk, Sema Mandal, Conall Watson, Laura Coughlan, Meera Chand, Claire Neill, Declan T Bradley, Kathy Li, Maureen O’Leary, Neil McInnes, Christopher J Williams, Ardiana Gjini, Erika Duffell, Richard Pebody

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Acute hepatitis refers to a rapid onset inflammation of the liver that can progress to acute liver failure with significant morbidity and mortality. It may affect previously healthy individuals and can be due to several infectious causes, hepatitis A, B and E virus, Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus being some of the more common, as well as non-infectious causes. In 30-49% of children with acute hepatitis progressing to liver failure, the disease aetiology remains unknown, although this high proportion may be due to the lack of exhaustive diagnostic testing carried out [1-3]. Severe acute hepatitis and acute liver failure of unknown aetiology are not under surveillance in most countries, thus defining a baseline disease incidence is challenging.

Original language	English
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	27
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.31.2200483
Publication status	Published - 04 Aug 2022

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Romaní Vidal, A., Vaughan, A., Innocenti, F., Colombe, S., Nerlander, L., Rachwal, N., Ciancio, B. C., Mougkou, A., Carvalho, C., Delgado, E., Mook, P., de Muylder, G., Peeters, M., Tenev, T., Golkocheva-Markova, E., Vorobieva Solholm Jensen, V., Koch, A., Figoni, J., Brouard, C., ... Pebody, R. (2022). Hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children – epidemiological overview of cases reported in Europe, 1 January to 16 June 2022. Eurosurveillance, 27(31). https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.31.2200483

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Hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children – epidemiological overview of cases reported in Europe, 1 January to 16 June 2022

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