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Hantavirus: What is the cruise ship virus and how is it spread?

www.bbc.com·Dominic Hughes·27 days ago
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21 minutes ago Dominic Hughes, Health correspondent and Philippa Roxby and Smitha Mundasad, Health reporters Watch: Do viruses spread more easily on cruise ships? Three people confirmed to have the virus and five suspected cases have been linked to the ship. One passenger that authorities say had the virus has died, while two other deaths are under investigation. The Andes strain of the virus has been confirmed in two passengers who were taken to South Africa, according to the country's health minister. The ship, MV Hondius, was travelling from Argentina across the Atlantic to Cape Verde. What is the Andes strain of hantavirus? Hantaviruses, which are named after a river in South Korea, describe a family of viruses rather than one single disease. There are more than 20 different viral species, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) - almost all of them linked to infection by rodents, typically rats and mice, through dried urine and droppings.…

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