Worldsfirsthumancaseofratdiseasediscovered
世界首例人类感染老鼠疫病被发现
ByMeeraSenthilingamandRobPicheta
September28,
AcaseofrathepatitisEwasdiscoveredinahumanforthefirsttime.
首次发现人类出现一例老鼠戊型肝炎
Forthefirsttime,acaseofrathepatitisEhasbeendiscoveredinahumaninHongKong.
人类历史上第一次，香港的一位居民身上发现了老鼠戊型肝炎。
hepatitis:肝炎;
A56-year-oldmanhasbeendiagnosedwiththedisease,researchersfromtheUniversityofHongKongsaid.Itwasnotpreviouslyknownthediseasecouldbepassedfromratstohumans.
香港大学的一位研究人员说，一位56岁的男子被诊断出了这种疾病。之前人们并不知道这种疾病会从老鼠传染给人类。
"PreviouslaboratoryexperimentshavefoundthatrathepatitisEviruscannotbetransmittedtomonkeys,andhumanhepatitisAviruscannotbetransmittedtorats,"saidDr.SiddharthSridhar,clinicalassistantprofessorattheUniversityofHongKong,explainingthatmonkeysareveryclosetohumanswhenit
