The Andes hantavirus outbreak shows how easily disease labels are misunderstood — and why they describe patterns of spread, not how dangerous a virus is.
Endemic, epidemic, pandemic: What's the difference?
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Mon 15:46 - France 24
Inside the science of hantavirus transmission: 'Virus not known for human-to-human transmission'
Wed 11:26 - El Pais
This is the Andes virus, the only hantavirus strain that is transmitted from person to person
Thu 03:30 - El Pais
How has hantavirus been transmitted? Boat Outbreak Visual Explanation
Thu 13:31 - El Mundo (ES)
How did hantavirus get on the ship? Experts are betting on the hypothesis that the virus "came" on board
Thu 13:35 - El Pais
A 2018 outbreak on a birthday with 11 deaths shows that the Andean hantavirus is not only transmitted by close contact
Thu 20:59 - El Mundo (ES)
The eight confirmed cases of hantavirus show that very close contact is not necessary for contagion
Fri 03:30 - El Pais
Gustavo Palacios, hantavirus expert from the Andes: “This pathogen is more virulent and there can be chain infections”
Fri 09:27 - ANSA Mondo
KLM flight attendant tested negative for hantavirus
Fri 14:00 - El Mundo (ES)
Isolation with negative pressure and tests every 24 hours: this is the protocol for action in the event of suspected cases of hantavirus, such as the one detected in Alicante
Fri 20:51 - El Mundo (ES)
The suspicious case in Alicante threatens the hantavirus siege
Sat 10:55 - El Mundo (ES)
The Catalan woman who had contact with the Dutch woman who died from hantavirus is admitted asymptomatic to the Hospital Clínic
Sat 13:49 - El Pais
Breaking news on the hantavirus outbreak, live | Italy monitors four people for possible contact with a person who died from hantavirus
Sat 15:52 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Hantavirus: What makes the virus dangerous – and how much concern is justified
Sat 20:47 - El Mundo (ES)
The epic of the Repettos, the first confined by the hantavirus in Tristan da Acuña and Santa Elena, the islands of eternal confinement
Mon 10:31 - DW All
Endemic, epidemic, pandemic: What's the difference?
Mon 10:31 - DW Top
Endemic, epidemic, pandemic: What's the difference?