Cause of mysterious hepatitis illness in children still unknown


Three-quarters of the acute hepatitis cases of unknown origin have occurred in children less than five years of age. — AFP

Hundreds of infants and young children worldwide have been struck by acute hepatitis of unknown origin since March (2022).

This illness, which causes a sudden onset of liver inflammation (i.e. hepatitis), has been confirmed in one Malaysian child.

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