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At least 10 states are reporting an alarming increase in cases
of severe hepatitis -- or inflammation of the liver -- in
children.

Previously healthy children are suddenly developing hepatitis,
or liver inflammation often caused by viruses. Jaundice,
diarrhea and abdominal pain are among reported symptoms.
Children aged 1 month to 16 years have been affected.

In Minnesota, one of the latest to see cases, two children have
required liver transplants. One of them still waiting.

Wisconsin issued a health alert after four cases were reported,
including one that resulted in death. Causes were also reported
in Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, New York,
North Carolina and Tennessee.

This comes days after the Centers of Disease Control and
Prevention shared clinical data from Alabama, where the first
cases were found, showing that patients were from different
parts of the state with no epidemiologic links.

According to the CDC analysis, all patients were considered
generally healthy, with no significant comorbidities and no
immune system weakness. The median age was about three years,
ranging from younger than two to older than five years.

Yet researchers believe the Alabama cases show a possible link
with a virus that can cause colds.

Out of the nine Alabama patients, five were also found to have
contracted an adenovirus. While 50 known adenoviruses exist,
these five children all contracted the same strain, known as
"type 41."

Curiously, most adenoviruses, Type 41 included, often cause only
respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms not severe hepatitis.

It is still unknown whether that virus is a cause or is somehow
contributing to the outbreak. Researchers said any number of
viruses, environmental toxins, even medication, can cause severe
hepatitis.

Early symptoms of hepatitis include fever, loss of appetite,
nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine, joint pain and
jaundice.

Jillian King's 8-year-old daughter Riley was hospitalized with
hepatitis last week in Illinois.

"[She experienced] stomach pain, fatigue and no appetite for
about a week. Her overall energy level went up and down, so it
was really hard to tell that she was as sick as she was," King
told ABC News.

"It felt like someone was stabbing me in a row, like it really
hurt," Riley added.

She is expected to make a full recovery.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.