The puzzling increase in the illness was first identified in Britain, with health officials reporting 74 cases in children since January
"Mild hepatitis is very common in children following a range of viral infections, but what is being seen at the moment is quite different," said Graham Cooke, a professor of infectious diseases at Imperial College London.
Some of the cases in the UK have required specialist care at liver units and at least six patients needed a liver transplant.to the signs of the illness, which in some cases can cause scarring of the liver or a loss of liver function. Jaundice , dark urine, itchy skin, muscle and joint pain, loss of appetite and a high temperature are among the symptoms of hepatitis.Officials in the UK have stressed that there is"no link" to COVID-19 jabs as none of the children affected have received a coronavirus vaccine.The UN health agency said that given the jump in cases in the past month and heightened surveillance, it was"very likely" more cases would be detected before the cause of the outbreak was identified.
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