HK man is world’s first human found with rat hepatitis E virus

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    HK man is world’s first human found with rat hepatitis E virus

    https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...nfecting-human
    Further tests showed he was carrying a species of hepatitis virus that until then was known to be present only in rats and was “highly divergent” from the strain that affects humans.

    The man lived in a housing estate “with evidence of rat infestation in the refuse bins outside his home”, HKU researchers who studied the case said.

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    another Hong Kong milestone