Man dies from hantavirus in China: All you need to know about the virus, and how it spreads

[Kool_SRG]

Even as the coronavirus outbreak takes the world by storm, a number of other diseases are also rearing their ugly heads. Cases of swine flu and bird flu have already been reported in India and other countries. Now, a man from China has tested positive for hantavirus.

China’s Global Times tweeted that the man from Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a bus on Monday. The 32 other people on the bus were also tested for the virus.

What exactly is the hantavirus?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hantaviruses are a family of viruses which are spread mainly by rodents and can cause varied diseases in people.

It can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and haemorrhagic 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.

Symptoms of hantavirus

Early symptoms of HPS include fatigue, fever, and muscle aches, along with headaches, dizziness, chills and 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 HFRS too remain the same, it can cause low blood pressure, acute shock, vascular leakage, and acute kidney failure.

HPS can't be passed on from person to person, while HFRS transmission between people is extremely rare.

As per the CDC, rodent population control is the primary strategy for preventing hantavirus infections.

[Kool_SRG]

Unnadhi chaaladha idhi kudaana  

[r2d2]

@Catabolite

[Naaperushiva]

1 minute ago, Kool_SRG said:

Even as the coronavirus outbreak takes the world by storm, a number of other diseases are also rearing their ugly heads. Cases of swine flu and bird flu have already been reported in India and other countries. Now, a man from China has tested positive for hantavirus.

China’s Global Times tweeted that the man from Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a bus on Monday. The 32 other people on the bus were also tested for the virus.

What exactly is the hantavirus?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hantaviruses are a family of viruses which are spread mainly by rodents and can cause varied diseases in people.

It can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and haemorrhagic 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.

Symptoms of hantavirus

Early symptoms of HPS include fatigue, fever, and muscle aches, along with headaches, dizziness, chills and 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 HFRS too remain the same, it can cause low blood pressure, acute shock, vascular leakage, and acute kidney failure.

HPS can't be passed on from person to person, while HFRS transmission between people is extremely rare.

As per the CDC, rodent population control is the primary strategy for preventing hantavirus infections.

So antha easy gaa spread avvadhu anukuntunna baa...but u never know ley...

 

[Kool_SRG]

Hantavirus: New deadly virus in China kills man within hours after testing positive

Beijing : While the world is still finding a solution to skip pandemic Coronavirus, China has already found another deadly virus named Hantavirus. According to a latest media report, a man from China's Yunnan province was tested positive to the new virus and died hours after that.

According to a report in China's Global Times, the man was on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus when he passed away. The more shocking update is that 32 other people have been tested for the same and are awaiting their test results.

With the death report finding its way on the social media, the netizens were seen in sudden panic. In India, too, it quickly went on to trend on Twitter with netizens tweeting their thoughts.

What is Hantavirus?

As mentioned in the website of Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hantavirus is caused by rodents. It can spread in humans who come in contact them. The website description reads, "Rodent infestation in and around the home remains the primary risk for hantavirus exposure. Even healthy individuals are at risk for HPS infection if exposed to the virus."  

While the relief remains that this is not a kind of disease that spreads from human to human, but a person can get infected if they have touched their eyes, nose or mouth after touching rodent droppings, urine, or nesting materials, as per a fact sheet of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The symptoms for Hantavirus are similar to Covid-19 which includes fever, headache, abdominal pain among others.

[Kool_SRG]

1 hour ago, r2d2 said:

@Catabolite

Ippudu pillulni vadhuluthaada vachi

[MagaMaharaju]

Oreyyy

[MagaMaharaju]

Permanent ban cheyyali

[perugu_vada]

Not sure if this happened becos of eating rats ? Either way, pichi lambdi k gaalla lara, food habits change cheskondirarey

[Kool_SRG]

3 minutes ago, perugu_vada said:

Not sure if this happened becos of eating rats ? Either way, pichi lambdi k gaalla lara, food habits change cheskondirarey

Cockroach farming kuda chestunnaranta maanchi boom lo undi anta business 

[ChinnaBhasha]

let's nuke china

[Kool_SRG]

3 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Cockroach farming kuda chestunnaranta maanchi boom lo undi anta business 

 

[RaaoSaab]

Corona backup ki inkoti techukunda redundancy kosam

[reality]

China should be bombed.. or at least their govt should be dethroned and their leaders must be hanged to death like it happened to Saddam Hussain for possessing biological weapons. 

[Kool_SRG]

8 minutes ago, ChinnaBhasha said:

let's nuke china

Aah Kim Jong-un ippudu kuda missiles testing chesthunnadu anta oorikine enthuku raa ayya oka rendu Chinki gaala meedaki eyuamante sari perfect testing avvudhi...