The risk of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome evolving into a global pandemic is “extremely low,” Moroccan doctor and health policy researcher Tayeb Hamdi told Barlaman.com. Hamdi said that the strain identified in the current outbreak is the only one among the 38 known hantavirus strains capable of limited human-to-human transmission through respiratory droplets. However, the doctor noted that such transmission is rare and requires prolonged close …
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