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The Shomonda virus has been detected in a human for the first time, French health officials said. Authorities see no risk to the public, adding that the victim, who died in early October, was severely immunocompromised.
France has reported the first-ever recorded case of a human contracting the Shamonda livestock virus, which is most commonly found in cattle. Public health authorities stressed that there did not appear to be any health risk to the public, adding that the infection had been "an exceptional case" involving a person with a severely compromised immune system.
Until now, the virus was considered non-transferable to humans, making the patient the first documented human case.
The disease, which usually affects cattle, has been identified in a patient who died in early October.
