SPHINX
Poses the question the system cannot yet answer
Transmission mechanism violates established parameters. Prior doctrine: HECATE (rodent spillover, no H2H). Epuyen 2018 broke that model. Hondius 2026 confirms it remains unresolved.
Case Summary
9 CONFIRMED
2 SUSPECTED
3 DECEASED
12+ MONITORING
~38% CFR SYMPTOMATIC
Layers
CONFIRMED
SUSPECTED
DECEASED
MONITORING
SHIP ROUTE
ENDEMIC ZONE
Pathogen
STRAIN ANDV/CH/HU-3337/2026
FAMILY HANTAVIRIDAE
GENOME TRIPARTITE -ssRNA
VECTOR PYGMY RICE RAT + P2P
INCUBATION 4–42 DAYS
TREATMENT NONE — SUPPORTIVE ONLY
SOUTH ATLANTIC N. ATLANTIC INDIAN OCEAN USHUAIA S. GEORGIA ST. HELENA ASCENSION CAPE VERDE ENDEMIC 101 CASES 2025–2026 TENERIFE DISEMB. 10 MAY USHUAIA DEP. 01 APR
Timeline
01 APRDeparts Ushuaia
06 APRIndex case — first symptoms
11 APRDutch passenger dies on board
14 APRPax disembarks Tristan — later probable
24 APR30 pax leave Saint Helena. Doctor symptomatic.
26 APRDutch woman dies Johannesburg. KLM exposure.
02 MAYGerman woman dies on board. WHO notified.
04 MAYPCR: ANDV confirmed. WHO outbreak declared.
06 MAYShip's doctor evacuated to Netherlands
07 MAYKLM attendant hospitalized — NEG (window open)
10 MAYShip arrives Tenerife. Evacuation begins.
11 MAY16 Americans at Nebraska. 1 biocontainment.
12 MAYWHO briefing Madrid. 9 confirmed, 2 suspected.
R₀ 2.12 pre-isolation · 34 cases · 11 deaths
Transmission documented at 4 feet, 90 minutes.
Brief restroom crossing = 1 confirmed case.

"Prolonged contact" doctrine is a surveillance artifact — product of who gets detected in rural Andean communities, not a biological constraint.
Signal Feed
Awaiting worker poll…
PCF Class Reference
HERMES — Airborne, moves faster than response
CHARON — Vector-borne, control the ferry
EROS — Contact, requires proximity
HECATE — Zoonotic spillover, threshold crossing
SPHINX — Mechanism unknown or violated
PCF / SPHINX CLASS — ANDV
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