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What did we learn from the hantavirus cruise ship scare?
A hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship led to global health alerts and quarantines for passengers, but no new cases have emerged in over three weeks. The outbreak highlighted the rare human-to-human transmission of the Andes strain of hantavirus, though experts confirmed the risk remains low.
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