Now in England, they are investigating the possible link between chronic childhood hepatitis in families with dogs. Descriptive image: Shutterstock illustration.
While the WHO has reported 348 possible cases of a mysterious variant of acute hepatitis that specifically affects children have already been registered and that studies on its possible link to adenovirus and covid-19 infection have been accelerated, in England a new study opens the door to associate strange evil with dogs.
In England, a total 64 of 92 cases with chronic childhood hepatitis were evaluated noted exposure and direct contact with dogs, which provoke the researchers are alert which studies the cause of the proliferation of infections.
As reported by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), questionnaires conducted by relatives of those affected show a relatively high number of dog-owning families or other dog exposure. ”
The relationship between dogs and children facilitates close contact, and perhaps the chances of more infection.
“The importance of this finding has been explored,” they pointed out from the UKHSA, although they clarified that it may have been a coincidence.
UKHSA specialists confirmed that “related to adenovirus” and that their studies “rigorously test this association.”
Adenovirus F41: what is it and how does it affect?
Adenoviruses are common pathogens in humans and have the potential to cause diseases of the respiratory tract, eyes, intestines, liver, and urinary tract. These are unpackaged, icosahedral viruses with a linear double-stranded DNA genome.
Human adenoviruses is classified into more than one hundred subtypes, including serotypes 1–52 and genotypes 53–103. Different serotypes are associated with different diseases.
What does the WHO say about chronic hepatitis?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cases have been reported in 20 countrieswith an additional 70 cases from 13 other countries pending classification pending trial completion.
Only six countries report more than five cases, with more than 160 in Great Britain. In Argentina, there were an estimated eight cases of minor patients with severe liver failure and one of them, an 8 -year -old boy, had to immediately receive a liver transplant in Rosario, Santa Fe.
“This past week there have been some significant research progress additions and some refinements of working hypotheses, ”he said at a news conference Philippa Easterbrookfrom the WHO global program on hepatitis.
Three Indonesian children died because of sickness.
In Indonesia, three children have already died from the rare chronic hepatitis that is progressing around the world.
“Currently, the main hypotheses are the one involving the adenovirus, as well the role of the covid is still important“, he said.
First notified to WHO on April 5, 10 cases in Scotland seen in children under 10 years of age.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention USA They said on Friday they were investigating 109 cases, of which five deaths were reported.
This hepatitis is caused jaundice, diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Some cases resulted in liver failure and necessary transplants.
The WHO describes the outbreak of acute liver inflammation as chronic hepatitis of unknown origin in young children.Common hepatitis viruses They were not registered in any of the cases, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and WHO.
Source: Clarin