モデルナは、オランダのクルーズ船で発生した致命的な集団感染を受け、ハンタウイルスを標的としたmRNAワクチンの開発を継続していることを認めた。高麗大学校と共同で2023年に始まったこの取り組みは有望な結果を示しているものの、完成までには数年を要する見込みである。
米製薬会社モデルナは、2023年から高麗大学校医学部ワクチンイノベーションセンターと協力し、ハンタウイルスを標的としたmRNAワクチンの開発を進めている。このプロジェクトは、アルゼンチンから出航し5月10日にカナリア諸島に到着したオランダの船舶「MVホンディウス号」で発生した集団感染を受け、注目を集めた。この事故では少なくとも乗客3人が死亡し、他にも数人が重症を負った。
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The World Health Organization confirms five cases of hantavirus following the outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius. Three people have died but the risk of further spread in society is assessed as low.
Hong Kong health authorities are seeking more information from the World Health Organization on a hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic, while stepping up prevention efforts to protect the city.
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The World Health Organization has confirmed five cases and three deaths from hantavirus aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stressing that the virus’s limited transmission route makes a wider outbreak unlikely.
A day-long operation to repatriate passengers and crew from the MV Hondius cruise ship struck by hantavirus neared completion late Sunday with 94 people flown home from Spain’s Canary Islands. Three passengers have died from the outbreak that began after the vessel departed Argentina in April. Health officials stressed the risk to the public remains low.
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Spanish health authorities confirmed on Monday the first positive hantavirus case in a Spanish national evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship. The asymptomatic patient, reported in good condition, awaits a confirmatory test while isolated at Madrid's Gómez Ulla hospital.
Experts have identified May 19 and June 21 as key dates to check whether the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship Hondius has spread beyond the vessel. Three people have died and several others fallen ill.
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An experimental mRNA vaccine has demonstrated effectiveness against three strains of Ebola virus in rodent tests. The vaccine targets Zaire, Sudan and Bundibugyo viruses. Researchers developed it amid an ongoing outbreak of Bundibugyo virus in Africa.