Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed, consistently ranked by WHO as having highest incidence of hantavirus in region

En Tierra del Fuego, en el extremo sur de Argentina, no hay casos registrados de este virus respiratorio transmitido por roedores

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

Experts break down the real risks of the disease and what the general public needs to know right now.

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…

Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed, consistently ranked by WHO as having highest incidence of hantavirus in region

The ministry said that the husband-and-wife couple arrived in Argentina on November 27, then traveled to Chile and Uruguay before returning to Argentina on March 27 to board the…

L'epidemia di Hantavirus legata alla nave da crociera MV Hondius ha attivato i protocolli di sorveglianza epidemiologica in tre continenti. Mentre le autorità argentine mappano…

Some passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus have already taken flights to numerous countries.

Three passengers have died in the outbreak, and several others are sick.

Eight suspected cases of hantavirus have been linked to the boat, which sailed from southern Argentina

Seven kilometers from downtown Ushuaia, the municipal landfill serving Argentina's southernmost city has become one of the focal points of the epidemiological investigation into…

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.

Virologist Gustavo Palacios, one of the few experts to have worked on this type of outbreak, believes the risk of spread is limited if appropriate measures are taken. He said that…

Experts blame climate change and habitat destruction for the rise in cases of the disease, which is usually caused by exposure to the urine or feces of infected rodents.