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It has been shown that the Andes variant of the #hantavirus is transmitted from person to person via aerosols. Fortunately, it did not infect all the guests at a huge birthday party during the outbreak in Epuyén, Argentina, in 2018.
However, after the first cases appeared, people began wearing N95 masks, rather than paper tissues as seen in this photo:
https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/hantavirus-pilots-to-fly-home-after-one-night-of-quarantine-with-passengers-20260516-p5zxqj.html
Hantavirus pilots to fly home after one night of quarantine with passengers

The charter pilots escorted the passengers from their virus-infected cruise ship to Australia and voluntarily quarantined with them on Friday night.

WAtoday
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My memory about #hantavirus is coming back: it is not obvious that one can predict with the genetic sequence if an #ANDV can transmit from person to person. The reason is that it is hypothesised that only 12% of people who develop this zoonosis in Argentina, usually with the "colilargo" mice, can potentially transmit it to other humans (I will join the study later). Hopefully the outbreaks have happened only three times in Argentina.
As a result, generic analysis of this Andes hantavirus will not allow discriminating specific mutations.
This is all about #OneHealth perspective: genetic sequencing tons of samples is not enough. One must investigate the complete cycle of ANDV variants among humans and animals. This includes other mice than O. longicaudatus, even if they are only secondary hosts (like maybe the green moss mice).
May 20 at 1:41pmWeb