Andes strain confirmed on the MV Hondius cruise ship

Three people died of hantavirus on Antarctic cruise ship MV Hondius. An ecologist explains the three scenarios for how passengers contracted this rare rodent-borne disease.

While three people have died of the disease on a cruise ship in the southern Atlantic, hantavirus presents a low risk to the public, the head of the World Health Organization…

Strict measures, including isolation and special hygiene rules, are being taken onboard the MV Hondius

The World Health Organization said the risk to the wider public was low but added that limited human-to-human transmission had been reported in some strains of the virus.

Three passengers on the cruise ship MV Hondius have died due to an outbreak of hantavirus, a rare illness transmitted by rodents

Two cases of the virus, which rarely spreads between humans, have been confirmed on the ship, and three people have died.

Three passengers have died after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus ripped through an Atlantic Ocean cruise ship, the MV Hondius. Hantavirus infections, which are usually spread…

Swiss authorities confirmed the third Hantavirus case linked to the Hondius cruise ship outbreak—a man who sailed onboard in April—as the vessel is set to sail to the Canary…

The World Health Organization highlighted that three cases were confirmed as laboratory-detected hantavirus infections

The public health risk for hantavirus in the rest of the world remains low, the World Health Organization said.

Three people have died and several others have been medically evacuated after the outbreak of a deadly hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian…

Eight suspected cases of hantavirus have now been linked to the luxury cruise ship

The Andes strain, which can be transmitted between humans via droplets of saliva, was identified on Wednesday through sequencing in three patients who had traveled aboard the MV…

Andes strain confirmed on the MV Hondius cruise ship

L’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità ha confermato l'identificazione di un nuovo caso di Hantavirus in Svizzera in un passeggero della nave da crociera MV Hondius....

Three people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, reportedly from hantavirus. The dangerous Andes strain has been confirmed in two cases. What are the symptoms, and how is…

The WHO said it expected the outbreak on the MV Hondius, currently sailing from Cape Verde to the Spanish island of Tenerife, to be limited, so long as public health measures were…

About 12 countries have so far been linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, as the UN health agency confirms at least five cases.