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A One Health Comparative Medicine Research Concern...   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal - Volume 17, Number 11—November 2011   Hepatitis E Virus in Rabbits, Virginia, USA   “...The fact that rabbit HEV appears to be closely related to genotype 3 HEV raises a potential concern for zoonotic infection because genotype 3 HEV from other animal species is known to infect humans (1,2). Therefore, cross-species infection and zoonotic risk for infection with rabbit HEV should be evaluated. ...” Please Read complete article: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/11/11-0428_article.htm   Cossaboom CM, Córdoba L, Dryman BA, Meng X-J. Hepatitis E virus in rabbits, Virginia, USA. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Nov [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.110428