Can Hantavirus jump from person to person? The Andes strain holds a scary secret.

Añadido: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]for someone with hantavirus to spread that to somebody else. But, there is a there is a virus, specifically the Andes hantavirus, that is endemic in South America, specifically Argentina and Chile. That's why it's known as the Andes cuz that's the the Andes mountain range, the Andes.

[00:00:18]Um that one has been documented for many decades to show activity that could be classified as human-to-human.

[00:00:27][clears throat] So, it's kind of the exception to the exception.