美報告180例不明病因兒童肝炎病例

A total of 180 children with acute hepatitis of unknown cause have been reported from 36 U.S. states and territories as of Wednesday, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

美國疾病控制和預防中心(CDC)發(fā)布最新公告稱，截至5月18日，全美36個州和領地共報告180例不明原因的兒童急性肝炎病例。

The new number is an increase of 71 cases from May 5.
病例數(shù)在疾控中心本月5日報告的109例的基礎上又增加了71例。

There have been no reported deaths since February 2022, and the proportion of pediatric patients requiring liver transplants has gone down from 15 percent to 9 percent since May 5, according to the CDC.
自今年2月以來沒有新增死亡病例。自本月5日以來，需要肝移植的患者比例從15%降至9%。

Adenovirus has been detected in nearly half of the children and continues to be a strong lead, CDC said.
美疾控中心表示，目前近半數(shù)患者存在腺病毒感染，因此腺病毒是被懷疑的主要原因之一。

Further lab tests are being conducted to look more closely at the virus genome and other potential pathogens, such as SARS-COVID.
美疾控中心還在通過進一步的實驗室檢測來研究病毒基因組和其他潛在病原體，包括新冠病毒等。