Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey
Officials are tracing passenger itineraries and rodent exposure as 101 infections since June 2025 raise concern over Argentina’s role in the outbreak.
- On Wednesday, the Argentine Health Ministry dispatched Andes virus RNA and testing equipment to laboratories in Spain, Senegal, South Africa, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to aid investigations into a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
- Experts attribute the surge in hantavirus cases to climate change, which has created conditions allowing rodents to flourish in new regions; Argentina now reports 83% of cases in its far north, a significant shift from Patagonia.
- Investigators are tracing the movements of a Dutch couple who died after sightseeing in Ushuaia, Argentina, before boarding the vessel, while the World Health Organization confirmed three deaths linked to the outbreak.
- Following the evacuation of three passengers, the MV Hondius departed for Spain on Wednesday after being moored off Cape Verde since Sunday, and authorities continue monitoring contacts to prevent further transmission.
- Andes strain remains the only hantavirus known to spread between humans, though the risk to the public is low, with officials emphasizing that ongoing surveillance and testing are critical to managing the outbreak's spread.
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Officials and Argentine experts are anxiously trying to understand if their country is at the origin of the Hantavirus epidemic that hit the Dutch cruise ship Hondius in the Ocean...
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After several deaths on a cruise ship, the search for the source of the infection starts. Experts in Argentina want to catch rodents in the south of the country and test them for the hantavirus. WHO considers it possible that the number of infected people on the ship could increase further.
Argentina Investigates Possible Link to Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship
Argentina is investigating whether a hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship may be linked to exposure before passengers boarded in Ushuaia, in the south of the Latin American country. Argentina’s Health Ministry announced the launch of the investigation in its May 6 update. The outbreak occurred on the cruise ship, run by Dutch operator Oceanwide Expeditions, on April 1, after several passengers and crew members reported symptoms …
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