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4 states monitoring for hantavirus after deadly cruise ship outbreak

7 May 2026 at 17:31
An Arizona Department of Health Services spokeswoman told The New York Times it is monitoring a resident who isn't symptomatic.

How was hantavirus transmitted? A visual explanation of the ‘MV Hondius’ outbreak

The first patient involved in the hantavirus outbreak boarded a ship in Ushuaia, Argentina, unaware that he was carrying the virus that would trigger a health crisis. The passenger and his wife, both Dutch, had been traveling around Argentina for weeks before boarding the MV Hondius, an expedition ship. The leading hypothesis is that they “were infected off the ship,” according to the WHO.

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