In a follow-up on the first known human case of Rat hepatitis E virus (rat HEV) in the world, the South China Morning Post reports the 2nd human case in a 70-year-old Hong Kong woman. The Department...

Monkeypox The Ministry of Health and Population in the Central African Republic declared a new outbreak of monkeypox in Mbaiki health district, located in the south-western part of the country at the...

It was a huge news week in infectious disease and we cover some of the biggest stories here on the show today. I go over the odd report on a father-to-son HIV transmission in a very atypical way. The...

Rat hepatitis E virus (rat HEV) was first discovered in 2010 and circulates in house rats (Rattus rattus) and sewer rats (Rattus norvegicus). It is very distantly related to human hepatitis E virus variants....

The Namibian Ministry of Health has warned members of the public against shaking hands in order to minimize the spread of the Hepatitis E virus. At least 24 people have died and 3 000 suspected cases...

At least 15 people have died and 1,569 have contracted Hepatitis E in Namibia since the disease outbreak was confirmed in the capital Windhoek in December 2017. According to information from the Ministry...

By Oscar Nkala The Namibian government has released a new epidemiological update report indicating that the number of laboratory-confirmed Hepatitis E cases has risen to 11 in the period between January...

The outbreak of hepatitis E that started in Sept. 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia continues, with a steady decline in trend. To date, a cumulative total of 957 cases and 10 deaths have been reported through...

Since early Sep. 2017,  Namibia has reported 643 hepatitis E cases, including 50 that are laboratory confirmed. Three women died post-delivery. Most cases have been reported from informal settlements...

Officials with the Namibian Ministry of Health are reporting an hepatitis E outbreak in the capital city of  Windhoek. In mid-October, a Windhoek hospital began reporting  patients with signs of acute...