The Alarming Detail About the Andes Hantavirus that Sets It Apart From Every Other Strain

The alarming detail about the Andes hantavirus that sets it apart from every other strain

There is no evidence that the recent hantavirus outbreak will become a pandemic, but there is concern about how deadly it could be if it did.

Could the Andes strain cause the next pandemic? - Health Care Today

Schaffner explained how people may get infected with the hantavirus. “Hantavirus lives in small rodents in certain parts of the world, usually where the climate is rather dry. The virus is shed in the urine and feces of the rodents. People usually become infected when they stir up dried dust that contains the virus, causing an aerosol which is inhaled, thus initiating the infection,” he told MNT. “In this cruise ship incident, the passengers boa…