Muere en Francia un hombre infectado por el virus Shamonda en el primer caso conocido en un ser humano

French health authorities have reported the first known human case of the Shamonda virus (SHAV), involving a severely immunocompromised patient who died in a Lyon hospital in early October. The patient, who was being treated for a serious medical condition, experienced neurological complications thought to be linked to the virus.

While the virus has circulated in Africa and Asia for decades and has been detected in animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, alpacas, and horses, it was previously considered non-transmissible to humans.

The French health and agriculture ministries stated that there is currently no identified health risk to the general public. Officials believe the patient may have contracted the virus through a midge bite in eastern France, where the virus had been circulating among animals during the spring and summer of 2026.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is monitoring the situation as officials investigate how the virus spread to a human. According to Free Malaysia Today, the Shamonda virus is an insect-borne Orthobunyavirus transmitted by biting midges.

Brief written by urgent.news from El Pais, Punch Nigeria, BBC World, Punch, Free Malaysia Today — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.