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Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
Research Letter

National Surveillance of Pediatric Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Etiology, Japan, October 2021–December 2022

Shogo Otake, Chiaki Ikenoue, Natsu Sudani, Miho Kobayashi, Kensuke Takahashi, Tomoe ShimadaComments to Author , Itsuro Yoshimi, Tomoya Saito, and Tomimasa Sunagawa
Author affiliations: Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan (S. Otake); National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan (S. Otake, C. Ikenoue, N. Sudani, M. Kobayashi, K. Takahashi, T. Shimada, I. Yoshimi, T. Saito, T. Sunagawa)

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Cases of acute hepatitis of unknown etiology by week of onset in Japan, October 2021– December 31, 2022. The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare Japan issued the working case definitions and administrative notice on April 27, 2022. In total, 139 probable cases with onset dates after October 1, 2021 (week 39, 2021), were reported as of December 31, 2022 (week 52, 2022). We excluded 6 cases for which onset dates were unavailable. Red outlines indicate cases fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for acute liver failure (n = 11).

Figure. Cases of acute hepatitis of unknown etiology by week of onset in Japan, October 2021– December 31, 2022. The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare Japan issued the working case definitions and administrative notice on April 27, 2022. In total, 139 probable cases with onset dates after October 1, 2021 (week 39, 2021), were reported as of December 31, 2022 (week 52, 2022). We excluded 6 cases for which onset dates were unavailable. Red outlines indicate cases fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for acute liver failure (n = 11).

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