Shamonda virus: origin and human cases

The Ministry of Health confirmed that the detection of the first human case of Shimonda virus in France involved a patient suffering from severe immunodeficiency. The case is considered exceptional and not indicative of the beginning of a serious epidemic. The virus, which belongs to the Bunyavirus group and contains RNA, causes a mild illness characterized by fever, lethargy, and diarrhea, and it usually resolves in animals. Experts clarified that the likelihood of human-to-human transmission is limited, and the case is isolated, with a recommendation to protect those working in animal husbandry from bites of insects that transmit the virus.