France reports first human case of livestock virus Shamonda
Authorities say the case appears isolated and likely came from a midge bite, with no health risk to the general public identified.
- On Thursday, French health authorities announced the first documented human infection with the Shamonda virus, involving a severely immunocompromised patient who died in early October.
- The virus typically spreads through Culicoides midge bites, primarily affecting livestock like cattle, and had only been identified in animals since its first European detection this summer.
- Investigators suspect the patient contracted the virus via a Culicoides midge bite in eastern France, where neurological complications observed before death were "very likely linked" to the infection.
- French officials notified the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, stating there is "no health risk to the general public identified at this time."
- Experts emphasize the patient's serious underlying illness made them uniquely susceptible; this finding does not necessarily suggest significant risk to otherwise healthy individuals.
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WHO reports first human infection with Shamonda virus in France; patient dies - The Tribune
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday (local time) reported the first documented case of human infection with the Shamonda virus in France, with the patient, who was immunocompromised, dying after the infection.
(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = French authorities have confirmed the first human infection with the Shamonda virus, which has previously been found only in livestock...
The man died. It is still unclear whether this was due to the infection. For sure: Via mosquitoes the virus spreads rapidly in Europe since the early summer.
France records first human death linked to Shamonda virus
— Authorities say patient was severely immunocompromised, no public health risk identified France has reported the death of a severely immunocompromised patient infected with Shamonda virus, marking the first recorded human case of the virus. The death was announced on Thursday in a statement by the French ministries responsible for health and agriculture, according to […]
PARIS.– France confirmed on Thursday the first known case of human infection with the Shamonda virus, a pathogen that spread rapidly among cattle from different European countries over the last few months. The patient, an immunosuppressed man who received treatment for a serious disease, died in early October. Authorities investigate whether the infection contributed to his death, although they stressed that, for the time being, no risk was iden…
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