Table 3.

Putative candidate viruses as triggering event in autoimmune hepatitis

Putative virus as AIH trigger event	Evidences	References
Hepatitis A virus	Case reports	[94–96]
Hepatitis B virus	Case reports	[97,98]
Hepatitis C virus	Specific AIH autoantibodies	[87–89]
	Cross-Reactivity at T and B-cell level	[90–92]
Epstein-Barr virus	Case reports	[66–69]
Human herpes virus 6	Sequence similarities	[99]
Herpes simplex virus	Sequence similarities	[102]
	Cross-reactivity at B-cell level	[102]