Shamonda virus jumped from cattle to a human in France. 13 countries in 4 months. Every official detection, mapped and sourced. $SHAVMAP
Shamonda virus (SHAV) is a Simbu-group orthobunyavirus, first isolated from cattle in Nigeria in 1965. Spread between animals by biting midges (Culicoides). Close cousin of Schmallenberg.
June 2026: dairy herds in eastern France show fever, diarrhoea, collapsing milk yield. Late July: virus identified. Then Germany, Switzerland, and 10 more.
22 Oct 2026: first human infection ever reported. The patient died in early October. Whether SHAV caused the death is under investigation.
Sources: ECDC · Eurosurveillance · FLI · IVI