LyonA Lyon-area man in his 60s died infected with Shamonda.
The virus was known only in animals and reached Europe in late July.
Culicoides midges carry it between cattle, and investigators suspect a midge bite infected the immunocompromised patient in eastern France.
French authorities see no risk to the general population and are investigating whether the virus caused the death.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is monitoring, and how the man was infected remains unestablished.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 450+ reports worldwide
- Mirror
- reports the French agriculture ministry's view that the patient's brain complications were likely linked to the infection
- Mashable India
- lists the ten countries where Shamonda was detected in animals, and notes the Culicoides midge vector
- News18
- reports the ministry's view that brain complications were likely linked to the Shamonda infection, and that the infection was probably acquired in eastern France
- Yahoo News
- Al Jazeera Online
- traces Shamonda's first European detection to late-July genomic tests on sick cattle in southern Germany
Sources: Mirror, Mashable India, News18, Yahoo News, Al Jazeera Online