Medical Disclaimer & Methodology

1. Not Medical Advice

The information on HantavirusMapTracker.net is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider.

2. Not Official Health Authority

HantavirusMapTracker.net is an independent data aggregator. We are NOT affiliated with WHO, CDC, ECDC, PAHO, or any government health authority. We aggregate publicly available information from these sources but do not represent them.

3. Emergency Situations

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call your local emergency number immediately.

4. Data Sources & Methodology

Primary Sources

• WHO Disease Outbreak News (DON)
• CDC HAN Health Advisory
• ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report
• PAHO Epidemiological Alerts
• National ministries of health (country-specific statements)
• Reuters / AP / CNN / BBC (Emerging tier seed narratives)
• ProMED-mail (often Chatter → promoted Emerging when corroborated)
• GISAID / virological.org / Nextstrain (sequence context)

Classification Methodology

• Official: Government health authorities with verifiable document IDs or canonical URLs.
• Emerging: Major outlets / hospital signals pending consolidated MOH line lists.
• Chatter: Social / forum-grade pings — default masked on the map UI.

Update Frequency

• During active outbreaks: 1–2 updates per day target.
• During quiet periods: 1–2 updates per week target.

Data Limitations

• Country totals may lag municipal dashboards.
• Source-of-record conflicts can exist across agencies.
• Historical endemic shading references literature snapshots.

Correction Policy

Errors should be flagged via the site operator channel once published; corrections will be logged inline as “Corrected on YYYY-MM-DD” when applied inside the published dataset.

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