France reports first human case of livestock virus Shamonda in patient who later died
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France confirmed on Thursday the first human death from the shamonda virus, which so far has been limited to livestock. Despite the death of patient zero, the government in France said that there is no health risk to the population. The French authorities announced the death of a man from shamonda virus infection, a pathogen that is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes to cattle, sheep, and goats.
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