Clinical Guidance for Adenovirus Testing and Typing of Patients Under Investigation | CDC - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

On Thursday, April 21, 2022, CDC issued the Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify clinicians and public health authorities of children identified with hepatitis (CDC Hepatitis) and adenovirus infection (CDC Adenovirus). A cluster of pediatric cases of significant liver injury with positive adenovirus infection have been identified and reported to CDC since November 2021. A possible association between pediatric hepatitis and adenovirus infection is currently under investigation after subsequent laboratory testing identified adenovirus type 41 infection in several cases. Clinicians are recommended to consider adenovirus testing in pediatric patients with hepatitis of unknown etiology and to report such cases to their state or jurisdictional public health authorities and to CDC.

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