Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey
Health officials are tracing passengers’ movements and rodent exposure as 101 hantavirus infections have been reported since June 2025, nearly double last year’s total.
- 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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arabtimesonline.comHantavirus on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey
Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.
Zvaničnici i stručnjaci u Argentini pokušavaju da utvrde da li je njihova zemlja izvor smrtonosne epidemije hantavirusa koja je zahvatila jedan kruzer. Prema medijąm izveštajima, neki putnici su već vraćeni u svoje matične zemlje, prenosi Gardijan.
Hantavirus on the rise in Argentina, where MV Hondius cruise ship set sail
Experts say that a surge of hantavirus cases in Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise ship set sail, is in part due to climate change. The World Health Organization ranks the South American country as having the highest incidence of the rodent-borne disease.
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