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US CDC investigates hepatitis of unknown cause in children

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This investigation aims to find out the cause of the disease. The cases Hepatitis investigated occurred within the past 7 months in all 25 states and territories of the United States.

Of the 109 children, 90% were hospitalized and 14% needed a liver transplant. Most of the patients made a full recovery and were discharged from the hospital.

Hepatitis is usually caused by a viral infection, but environmental factors may also play a role. The disease is not uncommon in children but is usually not serious.

More than half of the children with hepatitis have been confirmed to have an adenovirus infection, but the CDC says it doesn’t yet know if the adenovirus is the actual cause.

Adenovirus is a common virus that often causes mild cold or flu-like symptoms, or stomach and intestinal problems.

It is not the cause of severe hepatitis in otherwise healthy children, although it is associated with health problems in children with weakened immune systems.

Jay Butler, the CDC’s deputy director of infectious diseases, said the CDC also doesn’t know how other factors, such as environmental exposure, medications or other infections, may play a role. However, the COVID-19 vaccine is not the cause of the disease.

Some children with hepatitis are as young as 2 years old, the age group that has not been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the US. Despite this, the CDC is still investigating whether this unexplained hepatitis has any connection to the virus that causes COVID-19.

The direction of this study is also uncertain because nine children with severe hepatitis in Alabama were not infected with COVID-19.

Overall, the United States has not recorded an increase in adenovirus cases, but it also doesn’t have a good nationwide surveillance system for the virus, according to the CDC, according to the CDC. The CDC will look to improve surveillance, Dr. Butler said.

The CDC also did not note a significant increase in cases of hepatitis and liver transplantation in children. However, the UK, which was the first country to alert the world to the mysterious hepatitis in children, has seen a significant increase in these cases.

Symptoms of hepatitis include vomiting, dark urine, jaundice, and light-colored stools.

On April 21, the CDC issued a national health alert, notifying clinicians and public health authorities about a group of children identified as infected with hepatitis virus and adenovirus.

The CDC requires doctors to closely monitor symptoms and report suspected cases of unexplained hepatitis to state and local health departments.

On May 1, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it had recorded at least 228 possible cases of hepatitis of unknown cause in children in 20 countries. Dozens of other countries are also investigating the matter.

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