Quién descarta el riesgo de pandemia por el brote de hantavirus en un crucero

La Organización Mundial de la Salud declaró que el brote de hantavirus en el crucero MV Hondius no representa un riesgo global elevado. El director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, señaló el miércoles que no existen similitudes con el inicio de la pandemia de Covid-19. Tres personas han fallecido y ocho casos sospechosos se encuentran bajo investigación a bordo.

El barco zarpó de Ushuaia, Argentina, el 1 de abril y partió de Cabo Verde el miércoles en dirección a las Islas Canarias. La OMS coordina el seguimiento de contactos, pero no considera necesario convocar un comité de emergencia. Los expertos señalan que el hantavirus se comporta de manera diferente a los virus respiratorios altamente transmisibles.

Maria Van Kerkhove, directora de gestión de epidemias y pandemias de la OMS, declaró a Reuters que el virus "es muy, muy diferente al Covid y a la gripe". La transmisión principal ocurre a través de roedores infectados y la propagación de persona a persona es poco común, a excepción de la cepa de los Andes encontrada en el barco, la cual requiere una cercanía física extrema.

La OMS estima que los primeros infectados, una pareja holandesa, contrajeron el virus fuera del barco, posiblemente mientras observaban aves en Argentina. No existe evidencia de mutaciones que aumenten la transmisibilidad. Las autoridades de Ushuaia consideran improbable un origen local del brote.

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