Hantavirus: Any Need to Panic?

Hantavirus should we panic? Hantavirus any need to panic? Hantavirus can it spray like CoVid, FLU or RSV? What is Hantavirus? Hantavirus belongs to the family Hantaviridae With the Oder Bunyaviruses …It is NEG-Sensed, Single-stranded RNA viruses, main disease “Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Mostly found in the Americas with +cases by the Mississippi River, Asia & Europe … If there’s any cure however, supportive care with management is recommended with oxygen Regimen with breathing tubes and blood Pressure monitoring for best chance survival So guess what? It’s a serous virus … Since, survival rate is poor … therefore, It is important to keep away from infected Individuals rats, and mice dropping In order to avoid the disease … Yea, in order to avoid the disease Symptoms can be Flu-like … Fever, chills, fatigue, muscle aches Respiratory complications Short breaths, headaches, low BP And, possible … Respiratory failure with … Severe abdominal pain-discomfort With vomiting and diarrhea, this is serious! How spread? Transmission of the disease is Simply by direct contact and/or inhalation of Moyse/rat droppings, saliva, urine and water contaminated with the live virus … E person-to-person possible way of transferring and/or passing the infection to other individuals? Yes! Is possible by sharing utensils, close Contact with infected person, kissing-touching … By saliva transmission … Why am focusing on this ugly virus that can Leave individuals to possible death? It is not the Black Death, but could be to the Victims because, of treatment is slow … recovery that can lead to death! Let mention recent cases in the cruise ship MV Hondius with three passengers Taken too early to their graves … It was suppose to be a memorable vacation Instead, turned the opposite for all! Who was the culprit? There seemed to be 2passengers Contaminated … A Dutch couple enjoying life’s Precious gifts and moments! They traveled to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay As reported, I heard bird watching … As, they were! They, had-sad to learn of that News … How sad to learn of this news! … One-today, dying side-by-side? They must had come in direct contact with The rat live Hantavirus being present! Possibly feces and/or contaminated urine as Fluids without knowing! Who can predict! Viruses behave different while bacteria, Are double stranded (ds) DNA layered as single Circular chromosome in its cytoplasm … It is known as “Nucleoid, composed of long-stranded helical & with supercoiled DNA strand … molecule capturing genetic info … for the microbe Bacteria contains plasmids, a double circular bacterial DNA, doubled helix; which carries extra Genes … It’s an eukaryotic cell Both are complicated structures: RNA Ss (viruses) vs Ds (DNA), Bacteria … I hope, I’ve explained the importance Of the structures .… Its mechanism Between viruses vs. bacteria It’s a complex world micro worlds of a system Viruses are not unicellular, like bacteria They’re a cellular, composed of cells However, all viruses lack cytoplasm, cell membrane and organelles … viruses … makeup are genetic materials (DNA or RNA) … with a protein coat unlike your Winter coat Going back to the couple, how sad to learn Of their deaths! Let’s us not panic But, remain calm as a whistle … And, learn its facts, go on living! … and enjoy life! Minerva A. Garcia, your Poet