Genomic analysis showed the virus found aboard the MV Hondius shows no evidence of new characteristics so far.

Early Monday morning, a couple who traveled on the MV Hondius—the cruise ship with a rare and deadly hantavirus outbreak—were wheeled into Emory University Hospital’s Serious Communicable Diseases Unit.

World health officials say the Andes form of hantavirus, which can jump between humans, is not spiraling into a pandemic.

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A 2020 NEJM study of the 2018 to 2019 Epuyén outbreak showed that Andes virus spread from one zoonotic introduction into four generations of human infection, causing 34 cases and 11 deaths. The findings are newly relevant after WHO reported an ANDV cluster linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship,

Departing from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, the MV Hondius set sail on the “Atlantic Odyssey”, a 33-day voyage envisioned as the pinnacle of expedition cruising for nature enthusiasts. Destined for Praia,

Health officials around the globe have taken major steps to prevent the spread of the hantavirus that spread throughout the MV Hondius. In the U.S., the boat's 16 American passengers have been put in quarantine in Nebraska while more than 40 people are being monitored for potential symptoms.

A suspected hantavirus case is under investigation after an upstate New York school district announced a high school student may have contracted the rodent-borne disease. The sickened Ontario County teen’s case is not tied to the deadly outbreak that killed three passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship – and was likely contracted locally,