Technical report : Acute hepatitis of unknown cause

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  This is a technical report intended for scientific audiences.
  
  This report reviews what is currently known about acute hepatitis with unknown cause in children under the age of 11 years, and describes the investigations that CDC and state, local, tribal, and territorial partners are conducting.
  
  As of June 22, 2022, 305 patients under investigation (PUIs) have been reported in 42 states and territories, with dates of onset on or after October 1, 2021. The median age of PUIs is 2 years. To date, 20 (6%) PUIs have required a liver transplant, and 11 (4%) have died; cause of death is under investigation. Since June 14, 15 additional PUIs were reported. However, only 7 PUIs experienced symptom onset between June 7–21, 2022.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Child Hepatitis/diagnosis Hepatitis/etiology
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/investigation/hepatitis-unknown-cause/technical-report.html
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:48b619e9c38da90f843c74dca464ed2fe3361468da72c90402962edf1a7b14d7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/118459/cdc_118459_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.35 MB ]