Puzzling Child Hepatitis Cases May Be Linked To Barrage Of C

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.

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