Health officials in the UK have released new details in their ongoing investigation of an unusual series of hepatitis cases in children.
Since the beginning of the year, at least 111 children have been identified in the UK with acute liver inflammation that does not appear to be caused by the group of hepatitis viruses that would've been a more likely culprit. Many more cases have been announced in the US and other countries around the world. Roughly three-quarters of the 53 children who were tested for adenovirus in the UK came back positive.
According to the UK Health Security Agency, the cases are largely in kids under 5, with a median age of 3, and only"a small number of children over the age of ten are being investigated." Dozens have recovered and no deaths have been reported in the UK, but 10 children have needed liver transplants.
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