Care guide for Hepatitis A in Children. Includes: possible causes, signs and symptoms, standard treatment options and means of care and support.
doi:10.1007/978-1-60761-373-2_1Michelle RookPhilip RosenthalHumana PressRook M, Rosenthal P. Hepatitis A in children. In: Jonas MM, Ed. Viral Hepatitis in Children: Unique Features and Opportunities. New York, USA: Humana Press, 2010. Pp. 1-12....
a picornavirus (species Hepatitis A virus of the genus Hepatovirus), is marked by fatigue, fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, darkened urine, and jaundice but may be asymptomatic, especially in children, and is transmitted especially in food and water contaminated with infected fecal matter...
defined as acute non-A–E hepatitis with serum transaminases of more than 500 IU in children under 10 years of age, were found to have been occurring since January 20222. In the
The three children, aged two, eight and 11, died in a hospital in Jakarta between mid and late April after being referred from smaller hospitals in the capital city. The hospital workers found the children showing symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting and jaundice that is marked by the skin ...
a common bug in children that causes stomach upsets but does not make them very ill. A cluster of the strange hepatitis cases appeared shortly after a spike in adenovirus infections, though it was unclear what role the virus might be playing, because it is often present in healthy children ...
LOS ANGELES, April 27 (Xinhua) -- More than a dozen cases of unusual, severe hepatitis in children have been identified in the United States, and researchers of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating adenovirus as a possible cause. ...
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a significant problem worldwide. Despite years of research on this disease, the treatment and management of children with c... RJM Sims,RL Woodgate - 《Journal of Pediatric Health Care》 被引量: 5发表: 2008年 Chronic hepatitis B in children: therapeutic challe...
Acute hepatitis A superimposed on chronic liver disease has been associated with a more severe course of disease and development of fulminant hepatitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of an inactivated hepatitis A virus vaccine in children with chronic liver dise...
Those cases were the first that drew attention to the liver illnesses in children in the United States. On April 21, the CDC issued a nationwide health alert to notify clinicians and public health authorities about a cluster of children identified with hepatitis and adenovirus infection. ...