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Daily Mirror
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Malvika Padin

What is adenovirus – and how is it linked to hepatitis outbreak in kids

Several young children in the UK began falling ill from a mysterious rise in hepatitis cases causing acute liver inflammation this spring.

While most recovered from the mystery illness, many needed to be hospitalised, and 11 in England and one in Scotland required a liver transplant.

Despite gaining scientific attention, physicians were unable to find any evidence of the standard viruses that usually cause hepatitis among these children.

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