Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) A man from China’s Yunnan province died from Hantavirus.
(2) According Centre for Disease Control Hantavirus spreads mainly from rodents.
Choose the correct:
(a) Only(1)
(b) Only(2)
(c) Both (1) and (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer:(c)
Related facts:
- A man from China’s Yunnan province died from Hantavirus while on a bus to the Shandong province.
- All the fellow passengers on the bus have been tested for the virus.
Hantavirus:
- As per Centre for Disease Control,Hantavirus spreads mainly from rodents.However,it does not spreads from person to person.
- Hantaviruses in the Americas are known as “New World” hantaviruses and may cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).
- Other hantaviruses, known as “Old World” hantaviruses, are found mostly in Europe and Asia and may cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).
- Infection with any of the hantavirus can cause hantavirus disease in people.
- Early symptoms of HPS include fever, muscle aches, fatigue, headaches, dizziness, chills, and abdominal problems.
- Late symptoms, usually after four to 10 days, include coughing and shortness of breath. It can be fatal too in some cases.
- Till date, there is no licensed vaccine of
Hantavirus to be used widely.