The mysterious hepatitis outbreak in US kids in 2022 is linked to a common childhood respiratory virus, studies have suggested.Paediatric hepatitis is rare, and doctors were alarmed when they started seeing outbreaks of severe unexplained .
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Three independent studies have found evidence that a common childhood virus adeno-associated virus 2, or AAV2 may be a primary culprit behind last year's outbreak of rare hepatitis cases among kids worldwide. The research shows, though, that it needed the aid of other "helper" viruses to infect the liver.