Two of the cases of severe hepatitis in children occurred in suburban Chicago, and the other in western Illinois, according to officials, who said one of the three cases resulted in a liver transplant.
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday announced it has learned about three suspected cases of severe hepatitis in children under 10 that are potentially linked to a strain of the adenovirus, which spreads from person-to-person.Two of the cases occurred in suburban Chicago, and the other in western Illinois, according to officials, who said one of the three cases resulted in a liver transplant.
Symptoms of hepatitis, or inflammation of the liver, include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine, light-colored stools, joint pain and jaundice and can be caused by viruses, according to the CDC. The Alabama cases appear to be associated with adenovirus type 41, which typically presents as diarrhea, vomiting and fever, and is often accompanied by respiratory symptoms, according to health officials. Adenovirus type 41 isn’t known to cause hepatitis in healthy children, according to officials, who say there have been case reports of adenovirus causing hepatitis in immunocompromised children.
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