Article ; Online: Severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children-what is known?
2022 Volume 20, Issue 1, Page(s) 280
Abstract: The ongoing investigations into clusters of children affected by severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology have put our global capacity for a coordinated, effective response to the test. The global health community have rapidly convened to share data ... ...
Abstract | The ongoing investigations into clusters of children affected by severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology have put our global capacity for a coordinated, effective response to the test. The global health community have rapidly convened to share data and inform the response. In the UK, where most cases were initially identified, a coordinated public health and clinical research response was rapidly initiated. Since then, cases have been reported from other countries, predominantly from higher-income countries. While agencies are keeping an open mind to the cause, the working hypothesis and case notifications raise important questions about our capacity to detect emerging cases in lower-resourced settings with a recognised lack of access to diagnostics even for commonly circulating viruses such as hepatitis A. The limited capability to generate integrated global pathogen surveillance data is a challenge for the outbreak investigations, highlighting an urgent need to strengthen access to diagnostics, with a focus on lower-resourced settings, to improve the capacity to detect emerging diseases to inform care and to improve outcomes and outbreak control. |
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MeSH term(s) | Acute Disease ; Child ; Disease Outbreaks ; Global Health ; Hepatitis ; Humans ; Public Health |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-07-29 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 2131669-7 |
ISSN | 1741-7015 ; 1741-7015 |
ISSN (online) | 1741-7015 |
ISSN | 1741-7015 |
DOI | 10.1186/s12916-022-02471-5 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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