Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Origin in Children; Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mahmoud Reza Pourkarim

doi:10.5812/hepatmon-128796

Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Origin in Children; Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

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1 KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory for Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Leuven, Belgium

2 Health Policy Research Centre, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

3 Blood Transfusion Research Centre, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, Iran

Hepatitis Monthly: Vol.22, issue 1; e128796

published online: June 12, 2022

article type: Editorial

received: June 8, 2022

accepted: June 8, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon-128796

how to cite: Pourkarim M R. Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Origin in Children; Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hepat Mon. 2022;22(1):e128796. https://doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon-128796.

Keywords

Mysterious Hepatitis Unexplained Hepatitis Pandemic Preparedness

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