Topic: hantavirus

WHO Declares the Cruise-Linked Hantavirus Outbreak Over After 3 Deaths

• The World Health Organization has declared over an unusual outbreak of hantavirus tied to a polar expedition cruise ship, the MV Hondius, that sickened 13 people and killed 3.
• The culprit was the Andes virus — the only hantavirus known to spread from person to person — and health officials say the risk of a wider epidemic remains low.