[riri]

Liu may have caught the virus from a rat he removed from his apartment shortly before falling ill. Ten per cent of the rats in Liu's building have now been found to carry the virus, says Zhong. But all the civets tested carried it, so Zhong feels they are the ultimate source. "We must stop rearing, selling and eating civets," he says.

That doesn't sound very good. Not good at all.

[B4Ranch]

"Liu may have caught the virus from a rat he removed from his apartment shortly before falling ill. "

If he had washed his hands afterwards, I'm sure that would have done a lot to keep him healthy.