2026-05-08 12:52 UTC
Hantaviruses are generally not transmitted from human to human. Instead, humans catch the virus from rodents carrying the pathogen, usually by breathing in dust contaminated with their urine, saliva, or droppings—or by being bitten or scratched by the animals.
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@kakape@mas.to 2026-05-08 12:52
But when Andes virus was discovered in 1995, a different pattern quickly emerged. Take this 1996 outbreak: The first patient was a 41-year old man in the town of El Bolson in the foothills of Patagonia. Three weeks after he first noticed symptoms, his 70-year old mother and then his doctor fell ill. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/3/2/97-0210_article