getmischMay 5
Scientists say "no rats on the ship" so, they got it in ports, all of them...? Or, are these rare examples of human-to-human infections?
SCIENCE DOT ORG: "Questions About Cruise Ship's Hantavirus and Its Route of Spread Remain"
#Hantavirus #deadly #airborne #respiratory #failure #heart #cannot #pump #enough #blood #cruise #ship #infections #WHO #NICD #communicable #diseases #MaskUp for #BirdFlu #LongCOVID & #now #this
https://www.science.org/content/article/cruise-ship-s-hantavirus-outbreak-puts-researchers-uncharted-territory
Show threadgetmisch6d ago
They're not docking in US. Risk of hantavirus in US is low. Ship, passengers, going to Canary Islands for more tests.
Confirmed as Andes Hantavirus, which is being transmitted human-to-human, by NICD in South Africa, GUH in Switzerland (National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Geneva University Hospitals).
#cruise #ship #hantavirus #WHO #NICD
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/g-s1-120234/cruise-ship-hantavirus
Show threadgetmisch6d ago
Well, this explains their deaths last year.
Surprised to see the dots connect for these rare cases.
#hantavirus #rat #droppings #human #transmission too
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/05/07/hantavirus-gene-hackman-wife-death-cruise-outbreak/89974116007/
Gene Hackman's wife died from hantavirus, now center of cruise outbreak

Hantavirus, the virus at the center of a cruise outbreak, may sound familiar. Here's how it is tied to Betsy Arakawa's death.

USA TODAY
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One traveler is mildly pregnant, while another has morning sickness. Those two are traveling carefully, the others are possibly infecting fellow passengers
- this all sounds off mark yet bullseye simultaneously.
"One U.S. Citizen Tests Mildly Positive for Hantavirus..."
#hantavirus #human #transfer #Andes #USA #seven #cases #airline #staff #infections too #WHO #infectious #diseases
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/one-us-citizen-tests-mildly-positive-hantavirus-another-has-mild-symptoms-2026-05-11/
May 11 at 4:07amWeb