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Labs across three continents confirm passenger-to-passenger spread on hantavirus cruise
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Laboratories in three countries have confirmed through genomic analysis that hantavirus spread between passengers on a polar cruise ship, supporting earlier outbreak hypotheses and providing epidemiological insight into the incident that killed three people.
Labs across three continents confirm passenger-to-passenger spread on hantavirus cruise
A comparative genomic analysis of five people infected aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius has confirmed that the hantavirus spread from passenger to passenger during the voyage, according to a study published on the open scientific platform Viriological and produced jointly by laboratories in South Africa, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The scientific finding supports the hypothesis handled since the outbreak began, which has left ten people infected and three dead, and completes the epi
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