Hantavirus outbreak kills three on cruise ship with two Indian crew members stranded

Three passengers died from hantavirus infection; one critically ill patient evacuated; 149 people stranded aboard vessel under medical monitoring.

In the vast and indifferent Atlantic, a Dutch expedition vessel has become an unlikely theater for one of humanity's oldest confrontations — the encounter with an invisible pathogen carried from wild places into human intimacy. Three passengers aboard the MV Hondius have died from hantavirus, a disease ordinarily borne by rodents in the remote landscapes of South America, after the ship's early response failed to recognize the gravity of what was unfolding in its corridors and dining rooms. The outbreak, now under international scrutiny near Cape Verde, raises enduring questions about how swif

Hantavirus outbreak kills three on cruise ship with two Indian crew members stranded

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