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Sixth Child in US Dies of Unexplained Hepatitis as Global Cases Top 600

posted by janrinok on Wednesday May 25 2022, @12:03AM   Printer-friendly

Freeman writes:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/cdc-reports-6th-child-death-from-unexplained-hepatitis-180-cases/

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

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  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday May 25 2022, @02:44PM (3 children)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 25 2022, @02:44PM (#1247737) Journal
    From TFS:

    The cases all occurred in children under the age of 10

    I don't see any convincing connection to children but you can read it that way if you wish.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 25 2022, @04:14PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday May 25 2022, @04:14PM (#1247763)

    While there are 600 reported cases worldwide, there are far fewer with solid data about the childrens' history, comorbidities, etc.

    It could be Hepatitis G (as yet unidentified) or it could be that COVID variant X is a source of pediatric hepatitis, or one of a million other things - at this point.

    I'm open to better connections currently published in peer reviewed literature.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 25 2022, @10:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 25 2022, @10:33PM (#1247860)

    The syndrome they are citing and the syndrome the summary and all the news is about are two different syndromes.

  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday May 27 2022, @01:02PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday May 27 2022, @01:02PM (#1248262)

    They have also found correlation with Adenovirus 41:

    Adenovirus has been detected in at least 74 cases, and of the number of cases with information on molecular testing, 18 have been identified as F type 41. SARS-CoV-2 was identified in 20 cases of those that were tested. Furthermore, 19 were detected with a SARS-CoV-2 and adenovirus co-infection.

    https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON376 [who.int]

    Not causation, of course, but what true scientist would call causation with so little data?

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