Now it's hantavirus in China as coronavirus pandemic ebbs

Now it's hantavirus in China as coronavirus pandemic ebbs

Now it's hantavirus in China as 

coronavirus pandemic ebbs

The deer mice are the principal reservoir of Sin Nombre (SN) virus, the first etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in North America. -- Courtesy photo

 -- A Chinese man has died from hantavirus, another communicable disease , because the coronavirus pandemic slows down in China, consistent with media reports from China.

The case was identified during a man from China’s Yunnan who died while on his way back to figure on a bus on Monday, consistent with Global Times, China's national English newspaper.

The newspaper said that Chinese authorities also tested 32 other passengers who rode an equivalent bus because the deceased man to see whether or not they may are infected also .

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Again a deadly virus other than corona in China .. what is it?

What is Hantavirus?

Hantaviruses are a family of viruses spread mainly by rodents and may cause varied disease syndromes in people worldwide, consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Someone infected with the hantavirus can experience fatigue, fever and muscle aches. Hantavirus is primarily spread through direct contact with infected rodents like mice and rats and fewer likely by human-to-human transmission.

"Each hantavirus serotype features a specific rodent host species and is spread to people via aerosolized virus that's shed in urine, feces, and saliva, and fewer frequently by a bite from an infected host," the CDC explained.

The hantavirus was first observed in 1993 when the disease caused the Four Corners outbreak in North America.

By Ismaeel Naar

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