What Is Hantavirus?And How Is It Spread

Indeed, even as the coronavirus flare-up surprises the world, various different sicknesses are additionally popping up. Instances of swine influenza and bird influenza have just been accounted for in India and different nations. Presently, a man from China has died from hantavirus. China’s Global Times tweeted that the man from Yunnan Province passed on while on his way back to Shandong Province for taking a shot at transport on Monday.

The 32 others on the transport were likewise tested for the infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hantaviruses are a family of viruses that are spread mainly by rodents and can cause varied diseases in people. It can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). The disease is not airborne and can only spread to people if they come in contact with urine, feces, and saliva of rodents and less frequently by a bite from an infected host.

Early Symptoms of hantavirus include;

•  fatigue
• fever and muscle aches
• headaches,
• dizziness
• chills
• abdominal problems

If left untreated, it can lead to coughing and shortness of breath and can be fatal, with a mortality rate of 38 percent, according to CDC.

While the initial symptoms of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) to remain the same, it can cause low blood pressure, acute shock, vascular leakage, and acute kidney failure.

Hantavirus can’t be given from individual to individual, while hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) transmission between individuals is incredibly uncommon.

According to the CDC, rat populace control is an essential methodology for forestalling hantavirus diseases.