title: Update on viral hepatitis in children.
abstract: Recent discovery of the two major agents responsible for non-A, non-B hepatitis has led to rapid progress in the diagnosis and prevention of viral hepatitis. Newly implemented vaccine strategies against hepatitis A and hepatitis B are protecting children from infection, and new immunomodulatory therapy with interferon-alpha is being used to eradicate disease in patients chronically infected with hepatitis virus B or C.
authors.affiliation: Center for Childhood Liver Disease, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lavine
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines
chemical_list: D016898:Interferon-alpha; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines