Severely ill patient in France becomes first ever human infected with Shamonda virus
22 October 2026 by Wendy WINN (DG SANTE, European Commission)The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is carefully monitoring the situation after the French authorities announced the first ever reported human infection with Shamonda virus (SHAV), a disease that has until now only affected animals. ECDC is in contact with the French...