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More passengers from Hantavirus-hit cruise ship test positive

South China Morning Post · · 200 words · By Agence France-Presse
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“An American national and a French woman evacuated from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that both a U.S. passenger and a French passenger evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship tested positive for the virus.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection due to the Andes virus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. On 1 April 2026, the ship left Ushuaia, Argentina. A passenger on board di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andes virus (ANDV) is a cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in Chile and Argentina. It is spread mainly by the long-tailed pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys longicaudatus). In its natural reservoi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes_virus
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web search NEUTRAL — Topline A U.S. and a French passenger evacuated from the Hantavirus-hit cruise ship in the Atlantic have tested positive for the virus, while another American passenger is displaying "mild ...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/05/11/us-pass…
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“The French woman, one of five passengers from France flown back from the MV Hondius and placed in isolation in Paris”
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Two separate web search reports confirm that five French passengers were evacuated from the MV Hondius and placed in strict isolation in Paris.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diego Garcia () is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago. It has been used as a joint UK–U.S. military base since the 1970s, following the expulsion of the Chagossians by the UK government. The…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection due to the Andes virus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. On 1 April 2026, the ship left Ushuaia, Argentina. A passenger on board di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Airbus A400M Atlas is a European four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military, now Airbus Defence and Space, as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M_Atlas
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“one American national evacuated from the ship had “mild symptoms” and that another had tested positive for the Andes virus”
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While web search results confirm the general event of American passengers being evacuated, the specific detail about one having 'mild symptoms' and another testing positive for 'Andes virus' is only mentioned in one search snippet; other provided evidence for this claim are generic dictionary definitions of the word 'two'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andes virus (ANDV) is a cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in Chile and Argentina. It is spread mainly by the long-tailed pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys longicaudatus). In its natural reservoi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes_virus
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hantavirus infection or hantavirus disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by viruses in the Orthohantavirus genus of viruses. It can result in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantavirus_infection
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection due to the Andes virus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. On 1 April 2026, the ship left Ushuaia, Argentina. A passenger on board di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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“the Andes virus, the only hantavirus strain that is transmissible between humans”
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Multiple independent news sources (Daily Maverick, The Conversation, Deutsche Welle) explicitly state that the Andes virus is the only hantavirus strain capable of human-to-human transmission.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Human-to-human transmission of hantavirus is very rare and has only been confirmed in cases of the Andes virus strain.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-05-04-emergency…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The strain that caused the outbreak is the Andes virus, the only one in the hantavirus group that is transmissible between humans, notably through saliva droplets and urine.
https://theconversation.com/three-deaths-on-a-cruise-ship-wh…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — In South America, a small number of cases of human-to-human transmission have been documented involving the Andes virus, a hantavirus strain found in Argentina and Chile
https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-hantavirus/a-77047777?maca=en-…
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“Three passengers from the ship, a Dutch couple and a German woman, have died”
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Multiple independent sources, including Deutsche Welle and The Hindu, confirm that three passengers died: a Dutch couple (husband and wife) and a German woman.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oceanwide Expeditions is a Dutch company specializing in expedition-style voyages to Antarctica and the Arctic. Oceanwide owns and operates a fleet of ice-strengthened vessels, and provides small-scal…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection due to the Andes virus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. On 1 April 2026, the ship left Ushuaia, Argentina. A passenger on board di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andes virus (ANDV) is a cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in Chile and Argentina. It is spread mainly by the long-tailed pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys longicaudatus). In its natural reservoi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes_virus
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“No vaccines or specific treatments exist for hantavirus”
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Confirmed by France24 and multiple web search results stating there are no vaccines or specific targeted treatments for hantavirus.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantavirus Vaccines and Treatments Are in the Pipeline. Yesterday. By Emily Anthes.Why there’s still no vaccine or treatment for hantavirus despite years of research. 11 hours ago.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantaviruses can cause respiratory and cardiac distress, as well as haemorrhagic fevers. There are no vaccines or specific medications to combat hantaviruses -- meaning treatment consists solely of at…
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260504-hantavirus-sp…
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web search NEUTRAL — There are no targeted treatments for hantaviruses, which are typically carried by rodents, and no widely available vaccines. So when passengers began falling ill in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, d…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/science/hantavirus-vaccin…
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“hantavirus, which is endemic in Argentina, where the ship set sail in April”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results confirm that the MV Hondius set sail from Ushuaia, Argentina on April 1, and that the Andes virus (the cause of the outbreak) is endemic to Argentina and Chile.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection due to the Andes virus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. On 1 April 2026, the ship left Ushuaia, Argentina. A passenger on board di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hantavirus infection or hantavirus disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by viruses in the Orthohantavirus genus of viruses. It can result in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantavirus_infection
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An outbreak of hantavirus disease occurred in 1993 in the United States, primarily in the Four Corners region of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. Before 1993, hantaviruses that cause disease in huma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Four_Corners_hantavirus_o…
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