Expert reaction to hantavirus situation on cruise ship
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Experts provide commentary on a hantavirus situation on a cruise ship, discussing the Andes virus, its high case fatality rate, flu-like symptoms, and rare human-to-human transmission.
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- PrimaryExpert reaction to hantavirus situation on cruise ship
vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com · 2026-06-03
Experts note that hantavirus causes relatively small numbers of cases annually in South American countries such as Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, and Chile, but with a high case fatality rate typically between 20% and 40%, making it a public health concern. The infection can become evident in a patient between one to eight weeks after exposure. The current cruise ship outbreak most likely involves the Andes virus, which is a New World Hantavirus found in Argentina. The danger with New World Hantaviruses is their unspecific early presentation, resembling flu-like diseases, and their progression t
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