Hantavirus: What You Need to Know

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How concerned should the public be about the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship?

In this MedPage Today webinar, Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Faust, MD, speaks with infectious disease physician and researcher Boghuma K. Titanji, MD, PhD, of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, about what is currently known about the outbreak, including how the virus spreads, why officials believe human-to-human transmission occurred, and what quarantine and containment measures are underway around the world. The conversation also explores what scientists still do not know — and why this outbreak may reshape understanding of hantavirus transmission.

Jump to sections:

02:05 What we know about the outbreak so far

08:08 Why experts felt better once passengers left the ship

12:56 Could this become a pandemic?

16:43 What scientists know about Andes virus transmission

18:09 The genetic evidence for human-to-human spread

24:24 What researchers still don’t know about infectiousness

30:44 Are we taking this seriously enough?

39:00 What treatments are effective?

45:20 How is this different from COVID?

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