The World Health Organization (WHO) said that at least one child has died and 17 have required liver transplants in an outbreak of hepatitis in the United States, United Kingdom, and other European nations.
A news release from the U.N. health agency, which came after a nationwide alert from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that “there have been continuing further reports of cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin among young children.”
“It is not yet clear if there has been an increase in hepatitis cases, or an increase in awareness of hepatitis cases that occur at the expected rate but go undetected. While adenovirus is a possible hypothesis, investigations are ongoing for the causative agent,” according to WHO.
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