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… ...

HONG KONG — Researchers said Wednesday they have found a second patient in Hong Kong who contracted a strain of hepatitis carried by rats, in what appears to be the first known human cases in ...

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 ...

The first case of a human contracting rat hepatitis E virus, or rat HEV, was reported in Hong Kong in 2018. Since then, 10 more people in the area have tested positive for rat HEV, according to CNN.

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.

Hong Kong authorities have turned to hi-tech surveillance techniques to track rat activity – a method said to be more accurate than the former approach of using sweet potato as bait.