Dr Luke O'Neill
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The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
And they went ashore and went to dumps.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
Bird watchers often go to...
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
You know, dumps, because lots of birds are scavenging.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
So it looks like, unfortunately, two Dutch people were infected by rats in a dump, got back on the ship, enclosed space, and they began spreading it.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
That seems to be what's happening.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
It's an obscure area, this, by the way.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
There's about 5,000 publications only on it.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
There'll be hundreds of thousands in my area, for example, you know.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
Yeah, there's about 40 different antiviruses.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
20 can infect rats and humans.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
And yeah, rats live with it.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
It's called a zoonotic infection.
The Pat Kenny Show
Luke O’Neill on Hantavirus
which means it jumps from an animal into a human.