The WHO (World Health Organization) reported that it has been detected a mysterious illness liver. This disease has affected children from United States and Europeand so far, has caused at least one death.
It has been reported that the disease has occurred in young children. The age range is between one month to 16 yearsand 17 affected have been in urgent need of receiving liver transplants. The WHO has not specified the place of the only recorded death so far.
The first cases were reported in Europe, where 114 children have fallen ill in Britain. The agency attached to the UN pointed out that last Saturday night, April 23, it received reports of at least 169 cases, listed as ” acute hepatitis of unknown origin from a dozen countries.
In a statement, the WHO explained
“It is not clear if there has been an increase in hepatitis cases, or there is an increased awareness of hepatitis cases that are normal in incidence but have previously gone undetected.”
Experts relate this pattern of illness to a group of viruses commonly associated with colds. Adenoviruses are a group of viruses that typically cause respiratory illness.s such as colds, conjunctivitis (eye infection), croup, bronchiolitis, or pneumonia.
This virus has been found in 74 people of the total affected. They have also reported that at least 20 of the sick children with these symptoms, they tested positive for coronavirus.
However, this is an assumption and they are still investigating. “Although the adenovirus is one of the hypotheses, investigations continue to find the cause,” said the WHO.
For now, the WHO made it clear that the countries that are being affected by this mysterious disease are implementing intense monitoring in any case of hepatitis in minor patients, until now, those recognized as affected.
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