HANTA & WHAT’S NEXT

By now, we’ve had a chance to brush up on the Hanta virus, esp. the Andes variety which caused a mini-epidemic on the arctic cruise ship MV Hondius.  Named after Hantaan, the river in South Korea where the disease first emerged, we give credit to Dr. Ho Wang Lee, the Continue reading HANTA & WHAT’S NEXT

Surprise: Hanta Virus Right in Your Back Yard

Hanta Virus Epidemics in Germany? When I learned that a friend of mine came down with Hanta virus infection in Germany, I thought I had heard wrong. Mice and voles shed hanta viruses in their excreta which – when aerosolized and inhaled – can cause significant disease.  In some parts Continue reading Surprise: Hanta Virus Right in Your Back Yard