when they say its not contagious to humans they are lying to you to prevent a panic
The first case of a human contracting rat hepatitis was uncovered in Hong Kong, researchers say. The diagnosis of the hepatitis E strain was discovered when a 56-year-old man from Hong Kong had abnormal test results following a liver transplant, reports South China Morning Post. Additional testing confirmed he had a strain of hepatitis E previously only found in animals such as rats. "Infections that jump from animals to humans must be taken very seriously," Dr. Siddharth Sridhar, clinical assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong, said in a statement to The New York Times. The patient was treated with an antiviral medication and is recovering, according to The Morning Post. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, hepatitis E is most common in developing countries with inadequate water supply and sanitation. The World Health Organisation estimates there are 20 million infections worldwide.
Event summary
Epidemic Hazard in China on September 28 2018 05:23 PM (UTC).
CAP HEADER Base data Geographic information Number of affected people Biohazard information
Common Alerting Protocol information
Category Health Medical and public health
Certainty Observed Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Scope Public For general dissemination to unrestricted audiences
Severity Extreme Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency Past Responsive action is no longer required
Base data
EDIS Number EH-20180928-64837-CHN
Event type Epidemic Hazard
Date/Time September 28 2018 05:23 PM (UTC)
Last update September 28 2018 05:25 PM (UTC)
Cause of event
Reliability of information Authentic source : Information from trusted source (newspapers, emails, websites). Reliability: at least 70%
Damage level Is not or not known Damage level
Affected area County-level : Event affected one county.
Geographic information
Continent Asia
Country China
County / State Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Area
Settlement Hong Kong
Coordinate 22.34, 114.18
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Dead person(s) 0
Injured person(s) 0
Missing person(s) 0
Evacuated/rescued person(s) 0
Affected person(s) 0
Foreign people 0
Biohazard information
Biohazard level 3/4 - Hight
Biohazard description Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level.
Disease, agent name Hepatitis E (new strain)
Infected person(s) 0
Species 3
Status 1
Symptomes
