An artificial lung is being used to treat a seriously ill French woman who contracted the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise liner, according to a doctor at the Paris hospital treating the patient on Tuesday.
As of May 12, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 11 cases, nine of which have been confirmed, and three fatalities among cruise passengers. They are all members of the ship’s crew or passengers.
The WHO warned that “at the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak,” but stated that it anticipates additional cases given the dynamics of ship-borne transmission and the virus’s incubation period. Additionally, the organization observes that human-to-human transmission seems to be most frequent in the early stages of disease, when the virus is more contagious.
According to Dr. Xavier Lescure, an infectious disease specialist at Bichat Hospital, the French traveler hospitalized in Paris has a severe form of the illness that has resulted in potentially fatal heart and lung issues. According to him, the woman is on life support, which circulates blood through a prosthetic lung to supply oxygen and replenish the body.
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