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 infected people and their contacts must be strictly traced and symptomatic patients isolated.

The hantavirus that has killed three and sickened others on board a cruise ship is believed to be a variant that transmits from human to human.

Andes strain the cause of infection in two cases, says South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases

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…

Andes strain confirmed on the MV Hondius cruise ship

Officials say proper contract tracing and isolation efforts can stop the hantavirus outbreak from becoming a “large epidemic.”

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

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…

Este microbiólogo argentino descubrió que la transmisión entre personas del virus de los Andes puede darse en simples contactos sociales y generar casos ‘supercontagiadores’

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…