The WHO has received reports of 920 probable cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown origin in young children, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
- The WHO said 45 children with acute hepatitis have required liver transplants, and there have been 18 deaths, most of them occurring in the Americas region.
- Researchers have been scrambling to determine the cause of the mysterious rise in severe cases of hepatitis-or liver inflammation-in young children.
Probable Causes
- Infection with Adenovirus, a common childhood virus called F41, could be the leading hypothesis for most probable cases.
- In the United States, adenovirus infection was detected in 45 percent of cases, while in European regions, it was found in more than half of cases with available results.
- COVID-19 vaccines do not appear to be linked to the hepatitis cases.
No comments:
Post a Comment