Elliott Wills, 13, lives with a blood disorder called spherocytosis. (NHS Blood and Transplant via SWNS)

Elliot suffered severe blood loss after a main artery burst. (NHS Blood and Transplant via SWNS)

(NHS Blood and Transplant via SWNS)

(NHS Blood and Transplant via SWNS)

The team of scientists from the University of Bath have developed a new antigen against the Hantaan disease - a type of hantavirus. (Anthony B…

A laboratory in the UK working to develop a vaccine against hantavirus. (Anthony Brown / EnsiliTech via SWNS)

Scientists from the University of Bath working to develop a vaccine against hantavirus. (Anthony Brown / EnsiliTech via SWNS)

Hantaviruses are a group of viruses carried by rodents such as mice and rats, transmitted by their droppings and urine. (Anthony Brown / Ensil…