450 cases, 11 dead worldwide in growing child hepatitis mystery
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"But," she added, "I think [there's] also still an important consideration about the role of COVID as well, either as a co-infection or as a past infection."Easterbrook noted that about 70 percent of the cases that have been tested for an adenovirus have tested positive, and subtype testing continues to commonly turn up adenovirus type 41.Adenoviruses are not known to cause hepatitis in healthy children, though the large family of viruses has previously been linked to liver damage in children with compromised immune systems. This raises the possibility that the detection of adenovirus is merely incidental and not the cause of the liver injuries.In the press briefing Tuesday, Easterbrook noted the possibility, saying, "Hopefully, within the week, there will be data from the UK on [an] important case control study comparing whether the detection rate of adeno in the children with liver disease differs from that in other hospitalized children.
As said here by Beth Mole