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Post-Exposure Monoclonal Antibodies for Andes Virus: The Compassionate-Use Question
An experimental two-antibody combination has shown post-exposure efficacy in primate Andes virus models. The MV Hondius outbreak has revived a long-running debate about compassionate access, supply rationing and the equity of country-by-country emergency authorisations.
Andes Virus: The Only Hantavirus That Spreads Between People
Andes orthohantavirus is the singular exception to a rule that has held for every other hantavirus. Here is what makes it different, and why that matters now.
Deer Mice and Hantavirus: How Rodent Behaviour Shapes Risk
The deer mouse is the principal reservoir of hantavirus in North America. Understanding how it lives, breeds and disperses is half the battle of preventing exposure.
Patagonia Origins: The Discovery of Andes Virus
Long before MV Hondius, a quiet 1995 outbreak in Patagonia changed how virologists understood hantavirus. This is how Andes virus was found.
The Future of Hantavirus Vaccines: Trials, Setbacks and Hope
Why do we have vaccines for COVID-19, influenza, even Ebola, but not for hantavirus? A look at the science and economics of hantavirus vaccine development.
Sin Nombre Virus: The American Strain That Started It All
Before Andes, there was Sin Nombre. The 1993 Four Corners outbreak put hantavirus on the global map and produced most of the science we still rely on.