France reports first human Shamonda virus case
French health authorities have confirmed the first human case of the Shamonda virus, which was detected in a severely immunocompromised patient who has since passed away. Officials stated there is no current risk to the general public as the infection appears to be an isolated, exceptional case.
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The emergence of a livestock-borne virus in humans for the first time highlights potential zoonotic risks and the need for continued epidemiological surveillance.
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French health authorities said Thursday that the Shamonda virus, which usually affects livestock, had been detected in a human for the first time, in a severely immunocompromised patient who died earlier this month.
“Despite circulating in Africa and Asia for several decades, the Shamonda virus has never previously been detected in humans,” the health and agriculture ministries said in a joint statement.
They said there was “no health risk to the general public identified at this time”, adding that the human infection appeared to be “an exceptional case involving a severely immunocompromised patient” hospitalised for a serious medical condition.
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