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France reported the first human case ⁠of the Shamonda virus usually found in livestock on Thursday in a hospital patient who died, though authorities said there was no risk to the general population. It is suspected that the victim was bitten ⁠by a midge carrying the virus in eastern France where it had circulated among animals this spring ​and ⁠summer, the

A first known human case of Shamonda virus infection has been detected in France, the country's health authorities said on Thursday.