Is Hantavirus the Next Pandemic?

Описание: Why are scientists paying such close attention to the hantavirus outbreak? 🦠

In this episode of That’s Life, Insoo Hyun explains how in April, a fatal outbreak of the rare Andes hantavirus occurred on a cruise ship leaving Argentina. While most hantaviruses spread only to humans through infected rodents, the Andes strain is the only known strain capable of spreading person-to-person. The pandemic risk remains low as transmission requires prolonged, very close contact, and infected people get sick so quickly they're unlikely to spread it widely. Still scientists are stressing that global tracking and research into this virus must continue.

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