fatality
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The rare virus has a high fatality rate and can spread through the air, research shows, though it is easier to contain than Covid-19.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Vaccines are only available for the Zaire strain, which was identified in 1976 and has a higher fatality rate of 60-90 percent.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
The Andes virus is distinct among hantaviruses for several reasons: It has a long incubation period of one week to eight weeks, it has a higher-than-normal fatality rate and it can be transmitted between humans.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
And the fatality rate is a sizeable multiple of the national average.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
“You have an instant fatality that leaves no marks on the skeletal remains. Unfortunately, the soft tissues that would show us what happened have decomposed in the past hundred years.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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