Gizmodo reports a 70-year-old Hong Kong woman recently contracted the rat-specific version of Hepatitis E.<br />It's only the second time the disease has been documented in humans. The woman has now recovered.<br />A human version of hepatitis E exists, typically contracted by drinking contaminated water or eating undercooked meat.<br />Scientists had assumed that the rat version, which is caused by a different virus, could not infect humans. <br />
