Rasthor | https://www.reuters.com/business/he [...] 022-04-26/
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Explainer: Scientists investigate hepatitis outbreak in children in Europe and US
More than 190 cases have been identified, with the majority in Britain, which has reported 111 cases since January.
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The leading theory is viral infection, probably with an adenovirus – a common family of viruses that can cause the common cold, among other conditions.
One kind of adenovirus, type 41, commonly causes acute gastroenteritis, and there have been reports of it causing hepatitis in immunocompromised children, but never previously in healthy children.
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Public Health Scotland's director, Jim McMenamin, said work was under way to establish if the adenovirus involved had mutated to cause more severe disease, or if it could be causing the problems "in tandem" with another virus, including possibly SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Of the affected children in Britain, 75% tested positive for adenovirus.
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Message édité par Rasthor le 26-04-2022 à 22:13:23
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