First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say:
The disease, which usually affects cattle, has been identified in a patient who died in ...
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French officials report first human Shamonda case in FranceThe patient died in early October; officials currently report no risk to the public.
- The virus mainly affects cattle and can be transmitted by infected midges.
- The severely immunocompromised patient was treated in Lyon and developed neurological complications probably linked to the virus.
- The WHO and ECDC are monitoring the situation; WHO considers the case isolated and wider spread unlikely at present.
- Europe’s first cases were identified in late July; the virus was later found in farm animals in Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain and Jersey.
"Until now, the Shamonda virus was considered non-transmissible to humans," it noted, having only been identified in animals "despite decades of circulation of the Shamonda virus in Africa and Asia".— French health and agriculture ministries, in a statement
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