“We don’t know what it’s causing this hepatitis yet,” shared Dr Ellie, speaking on ITV’s This Morning. Health chiefs are investigating whether there’s any connection between dogs and the liver disease. They explain that a “high” number of hepatitis cases had contact with dogs.
However, Dr Ellie shared that some virus seems to be causing this mystery outbreak.
She said: “They think it might be a virus, not one of the hepatitis viruses.
“Maybe, one of the more common viruses we have around. Not Covid, we don’t think.”
While there’s currently no explanation how dogs could be causing the disease, it is thought that based on the available data, 64 out of 92 hepatitis patients had dog exposure.
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