Hantavirus: European Centre Admits More Cases in the Coming Weeks
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The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) today admitted that more cases of hantavirus infection may arise in the coming weeks between the former passengers and crew of the ship where the outbreak occurred. "Due to the uncertainties that still persist and over the long incubation period, it is possible that we may witness additional cases in former passengers and crew in the coming weeks", said the director of the European ce…
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sabado.ptThe European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) today admitted that more cases of hantavirus infection may arise in the coming weeks between the former passengers and crew of the ship where the outbreak occurred.
The Andean hantavirus—which caused the deaths of three passengers on the MV Hondius—is a "New World" strain. In Europe, so-called "Old World" strains of the virus circulate, transmitted directly by rodents. The number of cases recorded each year remains low, and the mortality rate, if infected, is much lower.
The director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Pamela Rendi-Wagner, said that it is "possible" that "in the coming weeks" "additional cases" of hantavirus arise between passengers and crew members of the cruise ship 'MV Hondius'. This situation may occur "because of the uncertainties that persist and the long period of incubation", she said, while stressing that "this is the reason why the ECDC precautionary appro…
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