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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Harry Cockburn

Hantavirus ‘can remain in semen for six years’ representing transmission risk, according to study

Hantavirus may persist in human semen for up to six years and has the potential to be sexually transmitted, according to a peer‑reviewed study of a long‑term patient case.

Scientists at Switzerland’s Spiez Laboratory, a government institute specialising in biological threats, tracked a 55‑year‑old man who became infected with hantavirus in South America.

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