Hantavirus may have spread between passengers on cruise ship, WHO says
Two cases of the virus, which rarely spreads between humans, have been confirmed on the ship, and three people have died.
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Two cases of the virus, which rarely spreads between humans, have been confirmed on the ship, and three people have died.
The World Health Organization reports two confirmed and five suspected hantavirus cases aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, with three deaths and one critically ill passenger.
The MV Hondius cruise ship, carrying nearly 150 people, remains off the coast of Cape Verde after a suspected hantavirus outbreak resulted in three deaths and several illnesses.
The World Health Organization suggests that human-to-human transmission of hantavirus may have occurred aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, where two cases are confirmed and five are suspected.
The World Health Organization reports seven cases of hantavirus, including two confirmed and five suspected, aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, with three deaths and one critically ill passenger.
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