Unknown hepatitis in children: 650 cases WHO
The cases have been reported in 33 countries in five WHO regions
(
https://bit.ly/3LRAUhK), the UN health agency said in a statement
on Friday evening, adding that the origin of the serious hepatitis
was unknown and was under investigation.
According to the same source, 216 potential cases have been reported
in the United States, 222 in the United Kingdom and the rest in
Canada, Denmark, France, Spain and other countries.
According to the WHO, at least 38 of the possible cases required
liver transplant surgery and led to nine deaths.
Health officials around the world are investigating a mysterious
increase in the incidence of hepatitis hepatitis in young
children.
U.S. health officials have recently said that adenovirus infection,
a common childhood virus in children, is the leading hypothesis
for recent cases of acute hepatitis unknown in children.
Hepatitis associated with this type of adenovirus is almost always
associated with children with immunodeficiency.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said
it was also examining whether Kovit-19 infections play a role and
other pathogens, drugs and risk factors.
