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Rat Hepatitis E: a ‘wake-up call’ for Hong Kong to shape up on public hygiene after man, 56, becomes world’s first person infected with virus

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Hong Kong has been put on notice to shape up on public hygiene and get rid of rodents, after a male resident became the first person in the world to be infected with a strain of Hepatitis E previously found only in animals such as rats. The 56-year-old who lives in a public housing estate in eastern Kowloon underwent liver transplant surgery in May last year and was tested for the virus after he displayed recurring liver function problems. Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, a top microbiologist at Hong...

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