Hantavirus Lookout
Hantavirus Lookout
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πŸ“‘ Sources & Methodology

The dashboard monitors hantavirus outbreak intelligence from 20 sources worldwide β€” this page directly links 16 public resources, categorized for situational awareness.

Methodology / Source Notes

Hantavirus Lookout aggregates public outbreak records and source links into a lightweight monitoring dashboard. Records are displayed by reported status: confirmed case, death, suspected/testing, or monitored contact. The dashboard is for situational awareness only; official health authorities remain authoritative for case definitions, public-health guidance, and final counts.

Source Definitions & Limitations

Official Health Agencies

National, regional, and international public-health bodies. Best for confirmed counts and guidance, but updates may lag behind field reports.

Early Warning Networks

Alerting systems such as ProMED that surface emerging reports quickly. Useful for awareness, but details may be preliminary.

Community Trackers

Independent dashboards or forums that compile public reports. Helpful for geolocation and timelines, but not authoritative.

News / Analysis

Journalism and expert commentary. Useful for context, interviews, and newly reported locations, but counts can change after publication.

Genomic Databases

Sequence repositories that can support strain and phylogenetic context. They do not replace epidemiological case confirmation.

Reference / Aggregators

Background pages and report aggregators. Useful for discovery and context, but individual underlying sources should be checked.

⭐ Primary Data Source

ArcGIS Hantavirus FeatureServer

A public ArcGIS FeatureServer tracker-data source used to support geographic display and situational awareness.

Regularly monitored

Intelligence Sources

πŸ› Official Health Agencies

🌐WHO Disease Outbreak NewsOfficial

The World Health Organization's formal disease-outbreak notification resource.

Regularly monitored
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊECDCOfficial

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control surveillance and updates on Andes hantavirus.

Regularly monitored
🌍Africa CDCOfficial

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention public-health information and event updates.

Regularly monitored
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCDC (US)Official

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hantavirus information, clinical guidance, and epidemiological data.

Regularly monitored
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦NICD South AfricaOfficial

National Institute for Communicable Diseases updates on hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

Regularly monitored
🌎PAHO / WHO AmericasOfficial

Pan American Health Organization regional hantavirus information and public-health guidance.

Regularly monitored
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡·Argentina Epidemiological BulletinsOfficial

Argentina's national health ministry epidemiological bulletins for 2026.

Regularly monitored
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡±Chile Ministry of HealthOfficial

Chile's Departamento de EpidemiologΓ­a hantavirus surveillance resource.

Regularly monitored
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§UKHSAOfficial

UK Health Security Agency update on the hantavirus cruise-ship outbreak.

Regularly monitored

🚨 Early Warning Networks

πŸ“’ProMED MailEarly Warning

The International Society for Infectious Diseases' Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases publishes reports on emerging health events.

Regularly monitored

πŸ‘₯ Community Trackers

πŸ—ΊArcGIS Hantavirus FeatureServerCommunity

A public FeatureServer tracker-data source used to support geographic display and situational awareness.

Regularly monitored
🀧FluTrackersCommunity

Long-running community forum monitoring emerging infectious diseases, including hantavirus, through public reports and discussion.

Regularly monitored

πŸ“° News Outlets

πŸ“°CIDRAPNews

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy news and analysis on hantavirus outbreaks and research.

Regularly monitored

πŸ“– Reference

πŸ“–Wikipedia β€” HantavirusReference

Community-edited encyclopedic reference for hantavirus taxonomy, history, and background epidemiology. Used for contextual enrichment only.

Regularly monitored

🧬 Genomic Databases

🧫NCBI VirusGenomic

National Center for Biotechnology Information viral genome database with sequence records and annotation tools.

Regularly monitored

πŸ”— Aggregators

πŸ”—ReliefWeb / UN OCHAAggregator

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs search for humanitarian reports and updates mentioning hantavirus.

Regularly monitored

Monitoring Coverage

Official health agenciesRegularly monitored
Early warning networksRegularly monitored
Tracker and community sourcesRegularly monitored
News, reference, genomic, and aggregator sourcesRegularly monitored