The US CDC is warning of mysterious hepatitis in kids, which has seen 8 UK liver transplants | Businessinsider

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The first US cases were identified in October 2021. By November, five of the patients there had suffered 'significant' liver injury.

A respiratory adenovirus at work?

The children with this hepatitis were all previously healthy, and did not have Covid-19, the health agency said. That is puzzling, because adenovirus 41 typically only infects immunocompromised children, and is"not known to be a cause of hepatitis in otherwise healthy children," according to the CDC. There is no treatment for the illness.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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