Does adenovirus cause the acute hepatitis of unknown etiology among children? Epstein-Barr virus May give us a hint

Affiliations

¹ AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago, 2900 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 60657, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: drsunchenyu@yeah.net.
² College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University, 1750 Independence Ave, Kansas City, MO, 64106, USA.
³ Internal Medicine, Swedish Hospital, 5140 N California Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625, USA.
⁴ Internal Medicine, MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, 1111 6th Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50314, USA.
⁵ Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon NH, 03756, USA.

Comment

Chenyu Sun et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022 Sep-Oct.

. 2022 Sep-Oct:49:102363.

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102363. Epub 2022 May 27.

¹ AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago, 2900 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 60657, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: drsunchenyu@yeah.net.
² College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University, 1750 Independence Ave, Kansas City, MO, 64106, USA.
³ Internal Medicine, Swedish Hospital, 5140 N California Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625, USA.
⁴ Internal Medicine, MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, 1111 6th Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50314, USA.
⁵ Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon NH, 03756, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

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