A second case of rat hepatitis E has been reported in a human in Hong Kong, making it also the second recorded globally. A 70-year-old woman from the Wong Tai Sin district of Hong Kong was diagnose… ...

A 70-year-old Hong Kong woman has contracted the rat-specific version of Hepatitis E, signifying only the second time the disease has been documented in humans.

According to University of Hong Kong (HKU) researchers, it remains unclear how the patient contracted rat hepatitis E, a genetically distinct form of the virus that was previously isolated in rodents.

The world's first human case of the rat version of the hepatitis E virus has been identified. A Hong Kong man developed the disease, according to new research from one of the city's leading ...

People in Hong Kong are falling ill from a hepatitis virus found in rats – but nobody knows how they’re being infected.

For the first time, a case of rat hepatitis E has been discovered in a human in Hong Kong. A 56-year-old man has been diagnosed with the disease, researchers from the University of Hong Kong said.

A 56-year-old man from Hong Kong has the world's first case of rat Hepatitis E in humans. How did the man contract the rat disease?

A second case of rat hepatitis E infecting a human has been discovered in Hong Kong, marking only the second known case globally. The source and route of the infection are still unclear.

According to University of Hong Kong (HKU) researchers, it remains unclear how the patient contracted rat hepatitis E, a genetically distinct form of the virus that was previously isolated in rodents.