Hantavirus mystery hits luxury Antarctica cruise, three dead
TL;DR
Hantavirus is suspected to have spread aboard the MV Hondius, a luxury 46-day Antarctica cruise, killing three passengers and sickening others as the ship traveled from Ushuaia toward its Atlantic route; investigators have not confirmed the exact strain or transmission mode, with theories ranging from rodent exposure to rare human-to-human spread (Andes virus). There is no vaccine and treatment is mostly supportive, sometimes ECMO. The ship, carrying about 148 people, including 17 Americans, faced a cluster of illnesses as it neared St. Helena after departing Argentina.
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