Researchers in the United Kingdom have come up with the most detailed, complex hypothesis yet to explain the burst of mysterious cases of liver inflammation—aka hepatitis—in young children, which has troubled medical experts worldwide for several months.
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In two new reports, UK researchers offer a fresh hypothesis that may be the clearest but most complex explanation. Their data suggests that the cases may arise from a co-infection of two different viruses—one of which could be an adenovirus and the other a hitchhiking virus—in children who also happen to have a specific genetic predisposition to hepatitis.In one of the new studies, looking at nine early cases in Scotland, researchers found that all nine children were infected with adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2). This is a small, non-enveloped DNA virus in the Dependoparvovirus genus. It can only replicate in the presence of another virus, often an adenovirus but also some herpesviruses. As such, it tends to travel with adenovirus infections, which spiked in Scotland when the puzzling hepatitis cases arose.
Previously:
Sixth Child in US Dies of Unexplained Hepatitis as Global Cases Top 600 - May 24th 2022
CDC Raises Alarm of Mysterious Hepatitis Cases in Kids; 2 States Report Cases - April 22nd 2022
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a health alert Thursday notifying clinicians of a US-based cluster of unexplained cases of liver inflammation in young children, which appear to be part of a puzzling international outbreak that now spans at least 10 countries and two US states.
According to the CDC, Alabama has seen nine cases of unexplained liver inflammation—aka hepatitis—in children between the ages of one and six since October of last year.
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North Carolina is also investigating two cases in school-aged children, neither of which required transplants.The unexplained cases join dozens of others from around the world, mostly in children younger than 10 and many less than five. The United Kingdom has tallied 108 cases this year
A sixth child has died in the United States from puzzling liver inflammation—aka hepatitis—and the number of unexplained cases has risen to 180 across 36 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The latest death was announced in a press briefing Friday, led by CDC Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases Jay Butler, who said it was reported to the agency Thursday. He did not indicate in which state the death occurred.
In addition to the deaths, 15 of the 180 cases required liver transplants, Butler reported. The cases all occurred in children under the age of 10 but skewed to preschool-age children, with the median age being around 2 years.
The latest US tallies feed into a global phenomenon that now includes over 600 cases across 31 countries, including 15 deaths. But, despite the growing numbers, international health experts are still scrambling to understand what's behind the illnesses after eliminating the most obvious possibilities, such as hepatitis viruses A, B, C, D, and E.
Previously:
CDC Raises Alarm of Mysterious Hepatitis Cases in Kids; 2 States Report Cases
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2022, @04:25AM (9 children)
In today's installment of "Anything but the vaccine"...
(Score: 3, Interesting) by marcello_dl on Thursday July 28 2022, @08:17AM (6 children)
Why is this marked offtopic?
The explanation of the combined action of two viruses does not explain the timing. A compromised immune system due to RNA injection process or product explains the timing.
The very fact that the MSM does not cite the most widespread procedure in relation to the increased incidence of health problem IS THE GIVEAWAY.
Apparently smaller independent outlets are equally affected. Sad.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Barenflimski on Thursday July 28 2022, @02:02PM (2 children)
"The vaccine, known as JNJ-78436735 or Ad26. COV2. S, is an adenovirus type 26 modified to produce the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein."
Johnson and Johnson uses an adenovirus per https://www.texaschildrens.org/blog/johnson-johnson%E2%80%99s-covid-19-vaccine-answering-big-questions. [texaschildrens.org]
I'm no vaccinologist, but the words line up enough for me to give someone the right score if this were a board game.
(Score: 4, Informative) by shrewdsheep on Thursday July 28 2022, @03:39PM (1 child)
J&J vaccine has never been approved for use in children. AFAIK it has neven been given to children either.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 28 2022, @06:58PM
They can't get basic facts correct, like the damn thing hasn't been approved for kids yet, but we should definitely trust the remainder of their wild claims!
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 28 2022, @05:18PM (2 children)
I notice you also do not cite anything....
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2022, @07:56PM
And I notice they don't cite anything either. Just wild speculation "anything but the vaccine".
(Score: 2) by marcello_dl on Saturday July 30 2022, @09:19PM
- Waiter, there's a fly in my soup.
- Are you a chef?
You need a working mind to make objections to the effin. summary (in the tradition of slashdot I do not follow the links). Not citations, papers, or an IQ over 90.
The study tells HOW but does it wonder WHY it happened now? Or whether a deficiency in the immune system which might be caused by a vaccine, contiguity with a vaccinated, or just breathing your own breath back, might be a co-factor?
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by DickGentle on Thursday July 28 2022, @11:20PM (1 child)
I thought we banned anti-vaxxers?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2022, @11:48PM
Naah. It's too difficult to find people who want to do it. We're not talking people who are simply and generally called "pro-vaxxers" who think it's a good idea but it's up to the individual to decide.
We're talking the absolute fringe nutjobs....the "so-pro-we-want-to-make-it-mandatory-by-force-vaxxers". Unfortunately too many of them died off or were injured by the vaccine, so there just isn't enough support it anymore.
(Score: 2) by Booga1 on Thursday July 28 2022, @04:44AM
Since this is in the UK, I am going to guess this probably isn't related to the likely-to-be strawberry cases from the US and Canada from the previous stories: https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/30/hepatitis-cases-strawberries-us-canadian-regulators/9995974002/ [detroitnews.com]