The hantavirus spread on a cruise ship can kill every third person who gets sick

Infectious diseasesAccording to Professor Olli Vapalahti, it may be an Andes-type virus that can be transmitted from one person to another. The disease is unlikely to cause a pandemic, he estimates.

On a cruise ship the disease cluster that caused the deaths is probably caused by the hantavirus that spreads from person to person.

The species of the virus is certainly not yet known, but the events on the ship could point to an Andes-type hantavirus, says the professor of zoonotic virology Olli Vapalahti.

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