53 Hepatitis outbreak in children 3 The overlap between rates for elevated transaminases (elevated ALT, AST or both) in children aged 3 weeks to 5 years and cases of (non A-E) hepatitis can be seen in Figure 3. In both the UK and the Netherlands, there is no increase in the rate of elevated ALT and/or AST in the period in which cases were reported. a b c Figure 2: Mean ALT value (U/L) in the 3-week to 5-year-olds with elevated (>200 U/L) ALT measurements in (a) the UK, (b) the Netherlands and (c) all. Shaded area represents the 95% confidence interval. The dotted line represents the first month in which cases of non A-E hepatitis were reported.
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