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U.S., U.K. investigating unusual cases of hepatitis in young children
Public health officials in the United States and the United Kingdom are investigating a number of unusual cases of serious hepatitis in young children, the cause or causes of which are currently unknown.
Evidence from the U.K. and from Alabama — where cases have been recorded since last fall — points to the possible involvement of an adenovirus. Adenoviruses generally attack the respiratory track, causing cold-like illnesses. But they have been linked to bladder inflammation and infection, and occasionally to hepatitis, though rarely in children who are not immunocompromised.
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