How a Birdwatching Couple Might Have Sparked Killer Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak
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The origin of one of the largest outbreaks of Hantavirus in the Andes remains unknown. The Dutch retired couple, 69 and 70 years old, traveled for four months Argentina, Chile and Uruguay by car before getting on the cruise ship MV Hondius, which would have taken them to Cape Verde. But in the investigation it is not ruled out that this viral recreation, which already totals 8 infected and 3 dead, according to the latest report of the shipping c…
The couple who recently contracted the hantavirus on a cruise ship and later succumbed to it were very reclusive in their Frisian hometown of Haulerwijk. At the same time, they were very well-liked by people who did know them. "True nature lovers. He was very passionate about birds. I have never seen him without binoculars."
The health crisis that has triggered the outbreak of hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius has already left three dead. A Dutch couple who was around 70 years old and a German passenger who still remains in the mortuary of the ship. Up to now, the route of transmission remains a mystery, although the latest hypothesis is that the zero case was the Dutch couple who might have been infected on a bird watching tour at a Ushuaia dump site, where …
How the Hantavirus got on board the cruise ship, and which hantaviruses in Austria pose a threat.
Authorities say that 'it is not possible to confirm the origin of the contagion' of hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruiser that has caused an outbreak.
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Dutch couple dies after hantavirus outbreak. Authorities still don't know where they contracted the virus.
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