Childhood hepatitis: Why are we seeing an unusual spike in cases?

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Childhood hepatitis: Why are we seeing an unusual spike in cases?
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Health authorities in Scotland and England are looking into 71 unusual cases of the illness.

Health authorities in Scotland and England are investigating what appears to be a spike in hepatitis cases in young children - mostly under six years old.

Normally there are about seven or eight childhood cases per year in Scotland which do not have an underlying diagnosis. That would appear to rule out any infection caused by contaminated food eaten at a school or nursery canteen, for example.

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