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Topic: andes-virus

The expedition cruise ship Hondius (file photograph)
New Science
Thursday, 7/2, 10:24 PM

WHO declares the cruise-ship hantavirus outbreak over

  • The World Health Organization said on July 2 that a rare and deadly hantavirus outbreak linked to the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius is over.
  • The cluster, caused by the Andes virus — the only hantavirus known to pass between people — infected 13 and killed three, and spread in the close quarters of the ship in a way the disease almost never does.

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