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Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Eurosurveillance

Why Andes hantavirus is not the next SARS-CoV-2: contrasting viral shedding, transmissibility and genomic patterns

  • Antonin Bal
  • Virginie Sauvage
  • Maude Bouscambert-Duchamp
  • Bruno Lina
  • Alexandre Gaymard
  • Jean-Claude Manuguerra
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Abstract

A cruise ship-associated Andes hantavirus outbreak has raised questions usually associated with respiratory viruses, including transmissibility and pandemic risk. Although Andes virus may enter through the respiratory route, cause severe respiratory disease and under close contact spread between humans, it differs fundamentally from SARS-CoV-2. The ecology is rodent-borne, pathogenesis is vascular, diagnosis is centred on blood PCR and serology, and genetic diversity is mainly shaped by reservoir ecology and geography rather than by sustained human-to-human transmission and immune selection.

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@article{bal2026andes,
  title = {{Why Andes hantavirus is not the next SARS-CoV-2: contrasting viral shedding, transmissibility and genomic patterns}},
  author = {Antonin Bal and Virginie Sauvage and Maude Bouscambert-Duchamp and Bruno Lina and Alexandre Gaymard and Jean-Claude Manuguerra},
  journal = {Eurosurveillance},
  year = {2026},
  month = jun,
  doi = {10.2807/1560-7917.es.2026.31.22.2600428},
  url = {https://pasteur.hal.science/pasteur-05738542v1},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Why Andes hantavirus is not the next SARS-CoV-2: contrasting viral shedding, transmissibility and genomic patterns
AU  - Antonin Bal
AU  - Virginie Sauvage
AU  - Maude Bouscambert-Duchamp
AU  - Bruno Lina
AU  - Alexandre Gaymard
AU  - Jean-Claude Manuguerra
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/04
JO  - Eurosurveillance
DO  - 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2026.31.22.2600428
UR  - https://pasteur.hal.science/pasteur-05738542v1
AB  - A cruise ship-associated Andes hantavirus outbreak has raised questions usually associated with respiratory viruses, including transmissibility and pandemic risk. Although Andes virus may enter through the respiratory route, cause severe respiratory disease and under close contact spread between humans, it differs fundamentally from SARS-CoV-2. The ecology is rodent-borne, pathogenesis is vascular, diagnosis is centred on blood PCR and serology, and genetic diversity is mainly shaped by reservoir ecology and geography rather than by sustained human-to-human transmission and immune selection.
SN  - 1560-7917
SN  - 1025-496X
ER  -