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Hantavirus outbreak should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk
Letter/Communication   Peer reviewed

Hantavirus outbreak should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk

Donald K Milton, Trisha Greenhalgh, David N Fisman, Amanda Kvalsvig, Lidia Morawska and Jonathan M Samet
BMJ. British medical journal, Vol.393, s919
12/05/2026
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/10523/50919

Abstract

Opinion public health hantavirus World Health Organization
The multinational outbreak of Andes hantavirus (ANDV) linked to cruise ship travel should prompt the World Health Organization (WHO) to change its default response to the risk of airborne transmission of the virus.

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