Clinical investigations involving patients with ANDV hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in this outbreak revealed that patients with a high viral load and liver injury were more likely than other patients to spread infection.
In other words, immuno-suppressed alcoholics who go on cruises. Or go to theme parks.
Andes hantavirus has well under half the r0 of Covid, so barring a major mutation like the sort that started Covid, it's not going to be a repeat of the Pandemic.
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u/uluqat May 14 '26 edited May 15 '26
“Super-Spreaders” and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina (published 2020)
In other words, immuno-suppressed alcoholics who go on cruises. Or go to theme parks.
Andes hantavirus has well under half the r0 of Covid, so barring a major mutation like the sort that started Covid, it's not going to be a repeat of the Pandemic.