A Proposed Etiology for an Aberrant Response to Enteric Adenovirus Infection in Previously SARS-CoV-2-Infected Children With Acute Hepatitis

Dimitrios Paraskevis^{1

2}, Georgios Papatheodoridis³, Vana Sypsa¹, Petros Sfikakis⁴, Sotirios Tsiodras⁵, Theoklis Zaoutis^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
² National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece.
³ Department of Gastroenterology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laiko", Athens, Greece.
⁴ Joint Rheumatology Program, First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁶ Second Department of Paediatrics, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Editorial

Dimitrios Paraskevis et al. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 30;11(8):352-353.

doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac053.

Dimitrios Paraskevis^{1

2}, Georgios Papatheodoridis³, Vana Sypsa¹, Petros Sfikakis⁴, Sotirios Tsiodras⁵, Theoklis Zaoutis^{2

6}

¹ Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
² National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece.
³ Department of Gastroenterology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laiko", Athens, Greece.
⁴ Joint Rheumatology Program, First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁶ Second Department of Paediatrics, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

No abstract available

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