Scientists study hantavirus mutation and spread after MV Hondius outbreak
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Updated · The Mirror · May 7
Scientists study hantavirus mutation and spread after MV Hondius outbreak
6 articles · Updated · The Mirror · May 7
Argentina's Malbrán Institute plans to go to Ushuaia after three deaths, five confirmed cases and fewer than a dozen symptomatic people linked to the cruise ship.
Researchers are sequencing the Andes virus and examining whether it can spread between people, likely mainly when symptoms appear and possibly through respiratory droplets.
Passengers who disembarked in St Helena, Britain, Singapore, the United States and Canada are being monitored or isolating, though no remaining passengers or crew currently show symptoms.
As a cruise ship with a deadly virus nears Europe, will it be allowed to dock?
Is a rare South American virus evolving to spread more easily between people?
Is climate change fueling a deadlier hantavirus that now threatens global travelers?