title: [Viral arthritis in childhood].
abstract: Many viruses can cause arthritis in children. Viral arthritis can mimic other rheumatic conditions as rheumatic fever, septic arthritis or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Usually viral arthritis is a self-limited disease; occasionally it may show a chronic course lasting several months. Rubella arthritis follows natural infection or vaccination; it looks the expression of a direct invasion of the synovial tissue by the virus. Hepatitis B arthritis is an immune-complex synovitis occurring during the prodromic stage of HBV infection.
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D012409:Rubella / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
vernacular_title: Le artriti virali in età pediatrica.