Human adenoviruses: A suspect behind the outbreak of acute hepatitis in children amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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State Key Laboratory of Virology, Modern Virology Research Center, Institute for Vaccine Research, RNA Institute, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

Published: August 2022

As of 10 May 2022, at least 450 cases of pediatric patients with acute hepatitis of unknown cause have been reported worldwide. Human adenoviruses (HAdVs) have been detected in at least 74 cases, including the F type HAdV41 in 18 cases, which indicates that adenoviruses may be associated with this mysterious childhood hepatitis, although other infectious agents or environmental factors cannot be excluded. In this review, we provide a brief introduction of the basic features of HAdVs and describe diseases caused by different HAdVs in humans, aiming to help understand the biology and potential risk of HAdVs and cope with the outbreak of acute child hepatitis.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10120317PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cellin.2022.100043DOI Listing

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