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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