Acute Hepatitis in Children Due to Rat Hepatitis E Virus.

Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Pereira, Sara; Rivero-Calle, Irene; Perez, Ana B; Viciana, Isabel; Casares-Jiménez, María; Rios-Muñoz, Lucia; Rivero-Juarez, Antonio et al. · J Pediatr · 2024

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Abstract

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.

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