From Mystery to Clarity: Uncovering the Possible Cause of Hepatitis Outbreak in Childrenrisk factorspreventionchildrenoutbreakshepatitis aHepatitis A is a viral infection that can cause liver inflammation and damage. Hepatitis A outbreaks in children are of particular concern due to the potential long-...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating an apparent outbreak of severe viral hepatitis among young children. On May 18, theCDCreported 180 patients in the United States were being investigated as possible cases; 14 of the children required liver transplants, and five...
The country's Health Ministry was currently conducting laboratory investigations into the deaths of the three children, which is likely similar to a severe acute hepatitis outbreak that has sickened hundreds of children in more than a dozen countries. The three children, aged two, eight and 11, ...
New York–The mysterious hepatitis outbreak in US kids in 2022 is linked to a common childhood respiratory virus, studies have suggested. Paediatric hepatitis is rare, and doctors were alarmed when they started seeing outbreaks of severe unexplained hepatitis in otherwise healthy children after Covid...
The World Health Organization said it is investigating an outbreak of acute hepatitis among children that now involves 11 countries, including the United States.
Severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children - multi-country. WHO Disease Outbreak News https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON400 (2022). Cates, J. et al. Interim analysis of acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in children aged <10 years - United State...
The mysterious outbreak of hepatitis in children in the U.S. and around the world appears to be growing, as more state health departments report that they are investigating cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issueda reportFriday about nine cases of hepatitis, an inflammation of...
The outbreak, which began in Alabama in late 2021, quickly spread to the majority of states, potentially affecting hundreds of children. At the time of publication, the CDC was investigating 305 potential cases of hepatitis, which causes inflammation of the liver. The only states that did not ...
Accordingly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control have both issued a warning on a hepatitis of unknown origin in children. This review focuses on the available information concerning this recent outbreak and introduces some of the ...
When reports of a strange hepatitis outbreak in children reached Professor Eslick and his team at the Australia Pediatric Surveillance Unit in May 2022, they immediately began monitoring for cases in Australia. "Global disease surveillance provides an invaluable network for researchers and medical profess...