Rat Version Of Hepatitis E Jumps Species, Infects Hong Kong Man
- 6 years ago
A 56-year-old man from Hong Kong has contracted the rat-specific version of hepatitis E.
According to Gizmodo, the illness is something never observed before in a human patient.
Health officials are now scrambling to understand how this could have happened—and the possible implications.
The patient had recently received a liver transplant, and showed unusual liver dysfunction afterwards.
The human version of hepatitis E exists typically spreads through contaminated water.