Hantavirus: A Cruise Ship, a Deer Mouse and the Fictional Line Between Human and Animal Health
Investigators say 11 cases are linked to the voyage, and the Andes virus may have spread after rodent exposure and close contact aboard ship.
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Officials indicated that the possible exposure is related to a flight involving a passenger linked to the cruise where the Hantavirus outbreak was originally identified. Health authorities emphasized that the two Maryland residents were not on board the cruise and that they are only being observed as a precautionary measure. Maryland’s Department of Health noted that the risk to the public remains extremely low. Medical experts explained that th…
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Medical XpressHantavirus: A cruise ship, a deer mouse and the fictional line between human and animal health
In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of. Her husband, the actor Gene Hackman, died a week later of heart disease. The pathogen that killed her was hantavirus, almost certainly picked up from deer mouse droppings on the property. Fourteen months later, 11 people on the Dutch cruise ship Hondius have been infected with a different hantavirus strain. Three have di…
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