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Press kit

Hantavirus Tracker is a live, geocoded aggregator of hantavirus outbreaks and news from WHO, CDC, PAHO, and ProMED-mail, plus multi-language press signal from GDELT and Google News. Free for journalists, researchers, and public-health professionals. This page has everything you need to cite, embed, or interview.

Talking points

  1. 01

    Live, not annual

    Hantavirus surveillance has historically meant CDC annual PDFs, occasional WHO Disease Outbreak News, and ProMED emails — none cross-referenced. The Hantavirus Tracker pulls all four every 15 minutes into one geocoded view.

  2. 02

    Composite risk index, not case forecasts

    Each region scores 0–100 on a transparent four-factor blend: news mention density, verified outbreak case counts, source authority, and recency. Methodology is public. The score is an attention/activity signal — not a case-rate prediction.

  3. 03

    Multilingual programmatic SEO

    118 indexed pages cover every endemic country, every US state, and five virus strain hubs (Sin Nombre, Andes, Puumala, Hantaan, Seoul). Spanish and Portuguese translations for Argentina, Chile, Perú, México, and Brasil — where hantavirus actually lives.

  4. 04

    Open data, CC-BY

    Public JSON API at /api/v1 returns the same data the site uses. Free, CORS-enabled, attribution required. Use it for stories, dashboards, or research.

  5. 05

    Free Telegram broadcast

    Every WHO, CDC, PAHO, and ProMED-mail hantavirus alert is mirrored to a public Telegram channel as it lands. Anyone can subscribe with no account on the tracker.

Quick facts (citable)

Case fatality rate
~36% for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the United States
Annual US HPS cases
Approximately 30–50 confirmed cases per year (CDC surveillance)
Annual global HFRS cases
~150,000–200,000 reported in Eurasia, dominated by China
Person-to-person transmission
Documented only for Andes virus in southern Argentina and Chile
Specific antiviral
None approved in the US or EU; supportive ICU care is the standard
First identified
Hantaan virus, 1976, near the Hantan River in South Korea
First HPS recognition
Sin Nombre virus, 1993, Four Corners region of the United States

Source: CDC HPS surveillance, WHO Disease Outbreak News, peer-reviewed epidemiological literature. Please cite the underlying authority for clinical or regulatory claims.

Embed the live map

One line of HTML drops the live world map into any article or dashboard. Risk bubbles, news ticker, and time scrubber included.

<iframe
  src="https://hantapulse.org/embed"
  width="100%"
  height="500"
  loading="lazy"
  style="border:0; border-radius:6px"
  referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade"
  title="Hantavirus Tracker — live world map"
></iframe>

Public data (CC-BY 4.0)

Free public access to the same data the site uses. Attribution required (link to https://hantapulse.org). See /api for full docs.

Need a custom data pull (e.g., a CSV of one country's hantavirus history with sources cited)? Email the contact below — we will package it within a few hours, free.

Logo & screenshots

Hantavirus Tracker logo
World map (dark)
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Country detail
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Risk drawer
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Right-click → save the SVG logo. Screenshots: take fresh ones from the live site at any time; no rights reserved on UI screenshots used in news coverage.

Methodology

Risk-index formula, source authority weights, and known limitations are documented at /methodology. Please cite or link the methodology page when reporting risk-index values.

Suggested attribution

Source: Hantavirus Tracker (https://hantapulse.org)

Press contact

Quotes, custom data pulls, or interview requests: press@hantapulse.org — typical response within a few hours.

See also: live map · methodology · public API · embed · free Telegram