While hantavirus is typically spread through contact with infected wild rodents, the Andes strain is known for its rare ability to spread from person to person through close contact.
The use of tandem jumps, mid-air refuelling and wind navigation in a humanitarian mission is highly unusual. Here’s why they were needed for the suspected hantavirus patient on Tristan da Cunha.
As deforestation, climate change and human expansion disrupt wildlife habitats, top virologist and microbiologist Dr Gagandeep Kang warns the conditions for dangerous zoonotic spillovers are rapidly growing.
According to the World Health Organization, seven cases of hantavirus, including three confirmed and five suspected, have been identified among the people aboard the MV Hondius, which departed from Argentina on April 1. We explain
