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Hantavirus: many unknowns surround this ‘unprecedented and worrying’ public health event; the WHO seeks to reassure the public about the risk of a pandemic
The Andean strain, which is transmitted between humans via saliva droplets, was identified on Wednesday through genetic sequencing in three patients who had travelled aboard the MV Hondius, which is due to dock in the Canary Islands in the coming days. Here is an overview of the key questions raised by this outbreak.
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...er-sur-le-risque-pandemique_6686152_3244.html (A)
A wave of panic began to sweep through the public on Wednesday 6 May as reports from numerous countries began to pour in regarding the situation on the MV Hondius, a cruise ship on which several cases of infection with an Andes hantavirus had been identified. Beyond the severity of the disease, which has infected eight passengers, three of whom have died to date, the complex and turbulent journey of this small expedition vessel, carrying around 150 passengers, is complicating the task of the health authorities tasked with monitoring the situation.
The sense of unease surrounding this outbreak of hantavirus—unprecedented in its scale and spread—is reminiscent of the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the world was reminded just how much the global movement of people acts as a catalyst for the spread of viruses. The sense of confusion is largely due to the fact that health authorities in all the countries of the passengers on board and those affected by the ship’s route are speaking out, as is the World Health Organisation (WHO), which centralises information in this kind of crisis.
But it is still far too early to consider a new pandemic risk. “At this stage, the overall risk to public health remains low,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the WHO, reiterated on Wednesday. So far, only three cases have been formally diagnosed as infected with an Andes hantavirus, a strain found only in Argentina and Chile, and the only hantavirus capable of being transmitted directly between humans via saliva droplets.
Who are the three victims?
Three passengers on the MV Hondius have died during the voyage the ship has undertaken since setting sail on 1 April from Ushuaia, in the far south of Argentina. A 70-year-old Dutch national died on 11 April after developing symptoms such as fever, headaches, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. His body was disembarked on 24 April on the island of Saint Helena, off the coast of Angola, along with his partner, a 69-year-old Dutch woman. After she too developed gastrointestinal symptoms, she boarded a flight on 25 April to Johannesburg, South Africa, where she died the following day in hospital. The couple had travelled in South America, notably in Argentina, before the cruise set sail.
This Dutch woman is one of three people who have tested positive for an Andes hantavirus, which is transmitted via the respiratory tract. This is why, as early as Tuesday, the health authorities began actively tracing people who had travelled on the same Airlink flight between Saint Helena and Johannesburg. A French national has been identified among them.
On 2 May, a German national died on board the ship, having first shown symptoms such as fever and general malaise as early as 28 April. Her body remains on board.
Where are the patients, and what are the risks of transmission to the general public?
In South Africa. A 69-year-old British man is currently being treated in a hospital in the suburbs of Johannesburg. He had consulted the ship’s doctor on 24 April before disembarking on 27 April on Ascension Island, a British territory in the middle of the Atlantic, and being transferred to South Africa. He is the first person to have been formally diagnosed as carrying a hantavirus, specifically the Andes strain. “His condition is critical, but he is receiving medical care,” Foster Mohale, spokesperson for the South African Ministry of Health, told Le Monde, adding that he is not concerned about potential transmission within the country. “But we are stepping up our efforts to combat the disease, particularly contact tracing, in order to prevent any potential spread of the virus in South Africa,” he added.
In Switzerland. A man is currently being treated at the University Hospital of Zurich. He “and his wife had returned from a trip to South America at the end of April”, and both had travelled aboard the MV Hondius, the Swiss Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The reference laboratory at the Geneva University Hospitals has determined that he was also infected with the Andes strain.
The man went to a hospital in Zurich after experiencing symptoms of the illness. He was immediately placed in isolation. His wife, who “has not shown any symptoms so far (…), has placed herself in isolation as a precaution”, explained the Swiss Ministry of Health. The authorities are investigating whether the patient had contact with other people whilst he was ill. “It is unlikely that other cases will arise in Switzerland,” the ministry believes, considering that “the risk to the population is low”.
In the Netherlands and Germany. Two sick crew members, one British and the other Dutch, whose condition is described as “serious” by the company, as well as a person “closely linked to the person who died on 2 May”, were disembarked in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, and were evacuated by plane to the Netherlands on Wednesday. This person will be taken into care in Germany by German emergency services and admitted to a hospital in Düsseldorf, in western Germany.
The other passengers, including five French nationals, remain on board in quarantine. The ship is due to dock within three days at the port of Granadilla on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, announced the Spanish Health Minister, Mónica García Gómez. And, barring any critical cases, “all foreign passengers will be repatriated” upon their arrival in the Canary Islands.
What are the characteristics of hantaviruses?
The virus identified in three passengers on the MV Hondius belongs to the hantavirus family, a large viral family found worldwide. These viruses are transmitted to humans through inhalation of dust and aerosols contaminated by the excretions of infected rodents, i.e. urine, faeces and saliva. “It is not common, domestic rodents that transmit these viruses, but rather those found in the wild,” explains Anne Lavergne, head of the national hantavirus reference centre at the Pasteur Institute in French Guiana. Furthermore, the incubation period can be long, up to eight weeks in extreme cases, although the average is two to three weeks after exposure.
It is on the basis of these two factors that WHO experts believe that one or more of the first cases “were infected off the ship”, said Maria Van Kerkhove, who heads the WHO’s Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness, on Tuesday. However, according to the health authority in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, of which Ushuaia is the capital, the MV Hondius had undergone thorough checks before departing from the city. It also deemed it “highly unlikely” that the disease had been contracted locally.
What is known about their lethality?
Specialists divide hantaviruses into two subgroups: those known as “Old World” hantaviruses, circulating in Europe and Asia and causing haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, and those known as “New World” hantaviruses, identified on the American continent and characterised by a cardiopulmonary syndrome. The former are associated with a fatality rate of 15%. In Western Europe, the most prevalent strain, Puumala, has an even lower fatality rate, estimated at 0.4%. However, in the Americas, pulmonary syndromes lead to the death of nearly 40% of patients. The virus identified in passengers on the MV Hondius belongs to this group.
What is unique about the Andes species?
After three days of speculation about the virus responsible for the outbreak, the Andes species was identified through sequencing in three patients on Wednesday. Of all the hantaviruses known to date, those of the Andes species, found only in Argentina and Chile, are the only ones capable of being transmitted directly between humans. This means that after infection by an animal, the virus can continue to spread independently of its original environment.
The main route of transmission is respiratory, via saliva droplets. This is why measures to isolate patients are necessary on the ship and in the areas where patients are being treated. These measures are comparable to those required for winter respiratory viruses such as influenza (isolation, wearing masks, gowns).
Outbreaks caused by the Andes species are extremely rare, which makes the current situation all the more exceptional. The species was first identified in a young Chilean man in 2002. However, it was responsible for one of the largest hantavirus outbreaks ever recorded, resulting in 34 cases and 11 deaths in Epuyen, a village in Patagonia, between late 2018 and early 2019.
This is the only outbreak of Andes virus infections to have been studied. In the main study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2020, researchers were able to determine that many infections occurred precisely on the day the fever appeared in the person transmitting the virus, that is, before other more specific symptoms appeared. Among those infected, incubation periods then ranged from nine to forty days. The mortality rate was 32%. And each infected person transmitted the virus to 2.12 others, a reproduction number higher than that of influenza.
“We are facing an unprecedented and worrying situation with many unknowns,” says Antoine Flahault, director of the Institute of Global Health in Geneva. “We do not know whether patients are contagious during the incubation period, whether there are asymptomatic cases, or whether this RNA virus has mutated. ” The epidemiologist also stresses the need to investigate the source of infection among the first passengers as a matter of urgency: “We need to monitor whether there is a cluster of human infections spreading in Argentina.”
The Andean strain, which is transmitted between humans via saliva droplets, was identified on Wednesday through genetic sequencing in three patients who had travelled aboard the MV Hondius, which is due to dock in the Canary Islands in the coming days. Here is an overview of the key questions raised by this outbreak.
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...er-sur-le-risque-pandemique_6686152_3244.html (A)
A wave of panic began to sweep through the public on Wednesday 6 May as reports from numerous countries began to pour in regarding the situation on the MV Hondius, a cruise ship on which several cases of infection with an Andes hantavirus had been identified. Beyond the severity of the disease, which has infected eight passengers, three of whom have died to date, the complex and turbulent journey of this small expedition vessel, carrying around 150 passengers, is complicating the task of the health authorities tasked with monitoring the situation.
The sense of unease surrounding this outbreak of hantavirus—unprecedented in its scale and spread—is reminiscent of the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the world was reminded just how much the global movement of people acts as a catalyst for the spread of viruses. The sense of confusion is largely due to the fact that health authorities in all the countries of the passengers on board and those affected by the ship’s route are speaking out, as is the World Health Organisation (WHO), which centralises information in this kind of crisis.
But it is still far too early to consider a new pandemic risk. “At this stage, the overall risk to public health remains low,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the WHO, reiterated on Wednesday. So far, only three cases have been formally diagnosed as infected with an Andes hantavirus, a strain found only in Argentina and Chile, and the only hantavirus capable of being transmitted directly between humans via saliva droplets.
Who are the three victims?
Three passengers on the MV Hondius have died during the voyage the ship has undertaken since setting sail on 1 April from Ushuaia, in the far south of Argentina. A 70-year-old Dutch national died on 11 April after developing symptoms such as fever, headaches, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. His body was disembarked on 24 April on the island of Saint Helena, off the coast of Angola, along with his partner, a 69-year-old Dutch woman. After she too developed gastrointestinal symptoms, she boarded a flight on 25 April to Johannesburg, South Africa, where she died the following day in hospital. The couple had travelled in South America, notably in Argentina, before the cruise set sail.
This Dutch woman is one of three people who have tested positive for an Andes hantavirus, which is transmitted via the respiratory tract. This is why, as early as Tuesday, the health authorities began actively tracing people who had travelled on the same Airlink flight between Saint Helena and Johannesburg. A French national has been identified among them.
On 2 May, a German national died on board the ship, having first shown symptoms such as fever and general malaise as early as 28 April. Her body remains on board.
Where are the patients, and what are the risks of transmission to the general public?
In South Africa. A 69-year-old British man is currently being treated in a hospital in the suburbs of Johannesburg. He had consulted the ship’s doctor on 24 April before disembarking on 27 April on Ascension Island, a British territory in the middle of the Atlantic, and being transferred to South Africa. He is the first person to have been formally diagnosed as carrying a hantavirus, specifically the Andes strain. “His condition is critical, but he is receiving medical care,” Foster Mohale, spokesperson for the South African Ministry of Health, told Le Monde, adding that he is not concerned about potential transmission within the country. “But we are stepping up our efforts to combat the disease, particularly contact tracing, in order to prevent any potential spread of the virus in South Africa,” he added.
In Switzerland. A man is currently being treated at the University Hospital of Zurich. He “and his wife had returned from a trip to South America at the end of April”, and both had travelled aboard the MV Hondius, the Swiss Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The reference laboratory at the Geneva University Hospitals has determined that he was also infected with the Andes strain.
The man went to a hospital in Zurich after experiencing symptoms of the illness. He was immediately placed in isolation. His wife, who “has not shown any symptoms so far (…), has placed herself in isolation as a precaution”, explained the Swiss Ministry of Health. The authorities are investigating whether the patient had contact with other people whilst he was ill. “It is unlikely that other cases will arise in Switzerland,” the ministry believes, considering that “the risk to the population is low”.
In the Netherlands and Germany. Two sick crew members, one British and the other Dutch, whose condition is described as “serious” by the company, as well as a person “closely linked to the person who died on 2 May”, were disembarked in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, and were evacuated by plane to the Netherlands on Wednesday. This person will be taken into care in Germany by German emergency services and admitted to a hospital in Düsseldorf, in western Germany.
The other passengers, including five French nationals, remain on board in quarantine. The ship is due to dock within three days at the port of Granadilla on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, announced the Spanish Health Minister, Mónica García Gómez. And, barring any critical cases, “all foreign passengers will be repatriated” upon their arrival in the Canary Islands.
What are the characteristics of hantaviruses?
The virus identified in three passengers on the MV Hondius belongs to the hantavirus family, a large viral family found worldwide. These viruses are transmitted to humans through inhalation of dust and aerosols contaminated by the excretions of infected rodents, i.e. urine, faeces and saliva. “It is not common, domestic rodents that transmit these viruses, but rather those found in the wild,” explains Anne Lavergne, head of the national hantavirus reference centre at the Pasteur Institute in French Guiana. Furthermore, the incubation period can be long, up to eight weeks in extreme cases, although the average is two to three weeks after exposure.
It is on the basis of these two factors that WHO experts believe that one or more of the first cases “were infected off the ship”, said Maria Van Kerkhove, who heads the WHO’s Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness, on Tuesday. However, according to the health authority in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, of which Ushuaia is the capital, the MV Hondius had undergone thorough checks before departing from the city. It also deemed it “highly unlikely” that the disease had been contracted locally.
What is known about their lethality?
Specialists divide hantaviruses into two subgroups: those known as “Old World” hantaviruses, circulating in Europe and Asia and causing haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, and those known as “New World” hantaviruses, identified on the American continent and characterised by a cardiopulmonary syndrome. The former are associated with a fatality rate of 15%. In Western Europe, the most prevalent strain, Puumala, has an even lower fatality rate, estimated at 0.4%. However, in the Americas, pulmonary syndromes lead to the death of nearly 40% of patients. The virus identified in passengers on the MV Hondius belongs to this group.
What is unique about the Andes species?
After three days of speculation about the virus responsible for the outbreak, the Andes species was identified through sequencing in three patients on Wednesday. Of all the hantaviruses known to date, those of the Andes species, found only in Argentina and Chile, are the only ones capable of being transmitted directly between humans. This means that after infection by an animal, the virus can continue to spread independently of its original environment.
The main route of transmission is respiratory, via saliva droplets. This is why measures to isolate patients are necessary on the ship and in the areas where patients are being treated. These measures are comparable to those required for winter respiratory viruses such as influenza (isolation, wearing masks, gowns).
Outbreaks caused by the Andes species are extremely rare, which makes the current situation all the more exceptional. The species was first identified in a young Chilean man in 2002. However, it was responsible for one of the largest hantavirus outbreaks ever recorded, resulting in 34 cases and 11 deaths in Epuyen, a village in Patagonia, between late 2018 and early 2019.
This is the only outbreak of Andes virus infections to have been studied. In the main study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2020, researchers were able to determine that many infections occurred precisely on the day the fever appeared in the person transmitting the virus, that is, before other more specific symptoms appeared. Among those infected, incubation periods then ranged from nine to forty days. The mortality rate was 32%. And each infected person transmitted the virus to 2.12 others, a reproduction number higher than that of influenza.
“We are facing an unprecedented and worrying situation with many unknowns,” says Antoine Flahault, director of the Institute of Global Health in Geneva. “We do not know whether patients are contagious during the incubation period, whether there are asymptomatic cases, or whether this RNA virus has mutated. ” The epidemiologist also stresses the need to investigate the source of infection among the first passengers as a matter of urgency: “We need to monitor whether there is a cluster of human infections spreading in Argentina.”
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Plague ship, Bill Gates and Dr. Anthony Fauci must have been busy.
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Nurgle has given a gift to the cruise ship.
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They are priming us for another global lockdown that will make the COVID lockdown look like child's play by comparison. All hail Reverend Anthony Fauci.
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It has only been a day and the probability of a global lockdown is rapidly approaching 100%.
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We don't know the R0 yet because of the long incubation period. It is unlikely that it is high.
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The R0 of the 2018-2019 Epuyén outbreak of the Andes strain was 2.12 (95% credible interval: 1.24-3.35) before intervention.
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>Spreads via saliva
Big whoop. Monkeypox tier nothing burger.
Big whoop. Monkeypox tier nothing burger.
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The gay community most affected.
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That is the same guy from COVID isn't it?
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I'm trying to stay calm, but I'm confused on how the virus spreads. Doctors say it's transmissible through close human contact, but is it only through saliva/intimacy, or is it through breathing the same air like with COVID?
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Seems so. They will show no mercy against us during the Hantavirus lockdowns. They already succeeded in turning the entire world against people who refused to take the COVID vaccines. Imagine what they are capable of now.
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What we need is a Bovine borne virus, Hindus religious customs will do the rest.
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Along with some folks from some Chinese labs and some conspiracy theorists got some eyebrows about the timing of this outbreak just in time for the midterms.
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lol more like hentaivirus
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How I love manmade biological warfare horrors. Can't they just hide in their underground bunkers and kill us all with a nuclear holocaust instead of this retarded scamdemic shit?
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This may very well be the end of the free world as we know it. Every waking moment from now until the end of time will be nothing but dystopian misery as TPTB systemically destroys everything we love and hold dear.
Good things are not allowed to happen in the year of our Lord 2026. You will live next to dirty shitskins, you will own nothing and you will be happy.