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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Anita McSorley & Lynn Love

Mum shares hepatitis warning sign after child hospitalised as mystery outbreak spreads to Ireland

A mum has told how her daughter's urine turned brown before doctors discovered she had hepatitis and feared she would need a liver transplant.

Concern is growing over an outbreak of a mystery strain that has lead to the death of one Irish child, and another falling so ill they needed a liver transplant.

Since March, eight probable cases of children with hepatitis of unknown cause have been identified in Ireland and a small number of further cases are under investigation.

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