A case of rat-to-human hepatitis E infection has been documented in Canada, the first to be reported outside Hong Kong.
The case, concerning a middle-aged Canadian man who had visited Africa, highlighted that even healthy adults could be at risk of catching the rodent-borne disease, said Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, the University of Hong Kong’s top infectious diseases expert.
Yuen’s team revealed the world’s first two rat-to-human infections in Hong Kong last year. Both patients...
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