Av de sjuka på kryssningen var 2 ett par, 1 var en läkare, 1 var en guide på båten. Dessa var rimligtvis närmare den som först hade viruset och kanske försökte ta hand om honom när han blev sjuk. Mer oklart med övriga. WHO kontaktades 2 maj.
Case 1-8:
Citat:
”Case 1: An adult male who boarded the ship on 1 April, after more than three months of travel in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Developed symptoms on 6 April and died onboard on 11 April. No microbiological tests were performed. He is considered a probable case.
Case 2: An adult female, who was a close contact of case 1, who travelled and boarded the ship with him, went ashore at Saint Helena on 24 April with gastrointestinal symptoms. She subsequently deteriorated on a flight to Johannesburg, South Africa, on 25 April. She died on 26 April in a Johannesburg clinic. On 4 May, she was subsequently confirmed by PCR testing with hantavirus infection.
Case 3: An adult male who developed symptoms on 24 April. He was disembarked and medically evacuated from Ascension Island on 27 April and is currently hospitalised in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Johannesburg, South Africa. PCR testing confirmed hantavirus infection on 2 May, and Andes virus was confirmed through sequencing.
Case 4: An adult female, with onset of symptoms (fever and general malaise) on 28 April, later presenting with pneumonia, died on 2 May. A post-mortem sample was collected and sent to the Netherlands with the evacuated patients, where it was confirmed to be Andes virus.
Case 5: An adult male, working as the ship doctor, reported onset of symptoms on 30 April, including fever, fatigue, muscle pain, and mild respiratory symptoms. His samples confirmed PCR positivity for Andes virus on 6 May. The case was medically evacuated to the Netherlands on 6 May and is currently stable in isolation.
Case 6: An adult male, working as a ship guide. Onset of symptoms was reported on 27 April with mild respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms. Laboratory samples confirmed PCR positivity for Andes virus on 6 May. The case was medically evacuated to the Netherlands on 7 May and is currently stable in isolation.
Case 7: An adult male, who disembarked in St Helena on 22 April and flew back to Switzerland on 27-28 April, through South Africa and Qatar. He started experiencing symptoms on 1 May after arrival in Switzerland, where he immediately self-isolated and reported to local public health authorities. He is currently hospitalised and in isolation in Switzerland. His samples confirmed PCR positivity for Andes virus on 5 May.[1]
Case 8: An adult male, who disembarked in Tristan da Cunha on 14 April. Onset of symptoms was reported on 28 April with diarrhoea and two days later with fever. He is currently stable and in isolation. He is currently a probable case until laboratory confirmation.”
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600
