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Cruise ship carrying hantavirus outbreak docks in TenerifeScience

Cruise ship carrying hantavirus outbreak docks in Tenerife

A cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak has docked in Tenerife, Spain, prompting health authorities to assess the situation aboard the vessel. Hantavirus is primarily spread by rodents but can in rare cases be transmitted between people.

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About 40 passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship at St. Helena before outbreak was identifiedScience

About 40 passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship at St. Helena before outbreak was identified

About 40 passengers, including the wife of a Dutch man who died, left a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak during a stop at the island of St. Helena, the Dutch foreign ministry confirmed Thursday.

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