What is hantavirus and how does it spread?
Summary
Three people have died and three are sick after a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean had a suspected hantavirus outbreak. Hantavirus spreads mainly through contact with dust or air containing waste from infected rodents like mice or rats, and rarely from person to person.Key Facts
- The outbreak occurred on a cruise ship based in the Netherlands in the Atlantic.
- Three people have died from the suspected hantavirus infection.
- Three others on the ship are currently ill.
- Hantavirus is carried and spread by wild rodents such as mice and rats.
- The virus spreads when people breathe in dust or aerosols contaminated by rodent saliva, urine, or droppings.
- Human-to-human transmission of hantavirus is very rare.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) is involved in monitoring the situation.
- The ship was waiting for help near Cape Verde during the outbreak.
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