now there have been one hundred and sixty nine cases and one death of acute hepatitis of unknown2 origin found in 12 countries, including 11 right here in the united states. so what s driving this ?? joining us now to discuss is cardiologist and epidemiologist dr. peter mcculloh. dr. mccullough, now what have you learned regarding hepatitiss issue with kids in lockdown in these spikes now? laura , this is hepatitis ort acute liver inflammation. so these children develop fever ,dominant pain, lethargyha and then jaundice and the blood tests are easy to employ. transam and bilirubin toia diagnose acute hepatitis. in a report by martien colleagues in neuro surveillance, 13 children in scotland all hospitalized.hot one needed a liver transplant.ar five of them had covid-19 implicated around the time of the diagnosis of hepatitis. but there are always other viruses involved namely adenovirus, rotavirus