Severe Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Aetiology in Children

The ISARIC Global Support Centre has consulted with a number of agencies working on severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children. ISARIC’s global position is to work with the World Health Organization (WHO) on a data collection tool to ensure international standardised data collection, should it be required.

Sites are invited to collaborate with the Genetics of Mortality in Critical Care (GenOMICC) study, an ISARIC Member, which is recruiting cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children, to understand the genetic mechanisms of susceptibility and to prioritise therapeutic targets. Further details of the study and how you can get involved can be found here.

For information on this study, please contact: genomicc-international@roslin.ed.ac.uk