A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean as passengers and crew members fell sick

The outbreak of hantavirus, an infection that is usually transmitted to humans from rodents, occurred on a cruise ship that was traveling from Argentina to Cape Verde. Though…

The World Health Organization says that a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed three people.

WHO says a total of seven hantavirus cases identified on cruise ship so far

The crew member is understood to be experiencing acute respiratory symptoms