Shamonda Virus Infected and Killed a Person for the First Time. Here’s What to Know About the Pathogen Usually Found in Livestock

The first known human case of the Shamonda virus was
<p>The incident was described in a report released on October 22 in the journal <em> Nature’s Rachel Fieldhouse. The pathogen commonly affects cattle, though infections have also been detected in sheep, horses, goats and alpacas.

The virus was first detected in cows in Nigeria in 1965, and since then has been detected in other parts of Africa and in Japan. The virus was found in Europe for the first time this past summer, when interesting case for science, but not a threat to public health.”