More mystery Hepatitis cases added – now at least 15 in U.S. with 175 worldwide – 17 with liver transplants and 2 deaths

Cases are aged 1 month to 16 years old. Seventeen children (approximately 10%) have required liver transplantation; at least two deaths have been reported – adenovirus leading suspect

Hilary Brueck  of Insider today added more Hepatitis illnesses to the mystery sickening nearing 200 children worldwide.

Wisconsin health officials reported Wednesday four cases of adenovirus-linked pediatric hepatitis, a type of liver inflammation that can be life-threatening. One of those cases required a liver transplant, and one was fatal, the officials reported. It would be the first known death of a child in the US from the infection that is causing international concern.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an alert to healthcare providers nationwide after at least nine suspicious cases of hepatitis were diagnosed in Alabama. Two more were later reported in North Carolina.

The World Health Organization says the same strange illness has also been spreading in Europe, with over 150 children infected, and at least one dead. The highest numbers of cases reported so far have been in the UK and in Spain.

As of April 21, 2022 the WHO reported at least 169 cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin have been reported from 11 countries in the WHO European Region and one country in the WHO Region of the Americas. Cases have been reported in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the United Kingdom) (114), Spain (13), Israel (12), the United States of America (9), Denmark (6), Ireland (<5), The Netherlands (4), Italy (4), Norway (2), France (2), Romania (1), and Belgium (1).

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