The man was severely immunocompromised and was being treated at a hospital in Lyon for another serious illness. He died in early October. According to a joint statement from France's Agriculture and Health ministries, the brain complications he developed before his death were very likely caused by the virus.
Investigators believe he was infected by the bite of a midge in eastern France, where the virus was circulating among livestock in spring and summer. Fifty-five people have been identified as contacts.
French authorities say there is no evidence it spreads through meat or milk, and see no risk to the general population. There is no vaccine or antiviral treatment, and the only protection is keeping herds safe from midges.
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Las autoridades francesas reportaron el primer caso en la historia de contagio humano por el virus Shamonda.
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Anteriormente, se consideraba que el virus no se transmitía a los seres humanos, por lo que este suceso constituye el primer caso documentado de su detección en una persona. Las autoridades subrayaron que, por el momento, la enfermedad no supone una amenaza para la salud de la población