#Hantavirus #epidemiology #history when HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) was discovered in 01993, when I was in high school nearby, due to an outbreak with a 52% CFR.
the current HPS outbreak is due to a different #hantavirus which has been known for 20 years to be able to spread from person to person through airborne droplets from coughing and sneezing and has a 40% CFR. Since it infects about 100 people a year in Argentina and Chile, it isn’t likely to create an epidemic. #epidemiology
#paper about spherical #flexures #mechanisms by Jelle Rommers