The interesting (and concerning) part is that hantavirus was previously believed not to be transmissible from person to person. But with the recent outbreak, this understanding might have to be updated.
No, the Andes virus is known to be the only hantavirus that is transmissible from human to human. A South African lab confirmed the British passenger was infected by Andes virus.
This strain was already known for person to person transmission. In the south of Argentina we had a big outbreak after a sick person went to a birthday party in 2019.
I’m sure this is not the start of another pandemic but these kind of stories sure do give me the same vibe as the sort we were seeing in Jan/Feb 2020...
If this were in China (with a population of billions) I would agree. Until we see cases popping up in India/China/Mexico/Japan, we're able to let it fizzle out.
The interesting (and concerning) part is that hantavirus was previously believed not to be transmissible from person to person. But with the recent outbreak, this understanding might have to be updated.
No, the Andes virus is known to be the only hantavirus that is transmissible from human to human. A South African lab confirmed the British passenger was infected by Andes virus.
This strain was already known for person to person transmission. In the south of Argentina we had a big outbreak after a sick person went to a birthday party in 2019.
There are already news articles kind-of implying that the crew knew better when they told passengers that the disease was not transmissible.
it seems to be a different strain (and it's not a new one, I think)
So... hantavirus is transmissible.
They all are but generally difficult.
Andes strain is more transmissible but has only been shown to have one super spreader event previously.
I’m sure this is not the start of another pandemic but these kind of stories sure do give me the same vibe as the sort we were seeing in Jan/Feb 2020...
If this were in China (with a population of billions) I would agree. Until we see cases popping up in India/China/Mexico/Japan, we're able to let it fizzle out.