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Andes strain of the virus, which spreads in South America, including Argentina. Van Kerkhove said
virus particles from infected rodents’ urine, droppings or saliva. The current outbreak is linked to the Andes
virus. [Hantaviruses are usually carried by rodents](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r8j1l6j0go), but human transmission of the Andes
viruses carried by rodents. Most do not pass from person to person, but the Andes
viruses carried by rodents. Most hantaviruses do not pass from person to person, but the Andes
Andes strain, the only strain in which human-to-human spread has been documented and which is found mainly in parts of Argentina and Chile. However, Argentinian scientists who have studied the virus
virus and another had mild symptoms. Both were travelling “in the plane’s biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution” and all 17 MV Hondius passengers on board would undergo clinical assessment upon arrival
Andes strain spreading between human patients in previous outbreaks. South Africa says efforts to trace all contacts remain underway. Three people who were aboard the ship have died since it set sail from Argentina
virus. But two days after the announcement, the experts are yet to arrive. When the BBC visited the site there were dozens of birds circling the piles of waste and no sign of an active
virus’  Every precaution is being taken with the remaining passengers and crew of the MV Hondius. Photograph
virus, as the complex operation to repatriate those on board continued on Monday. The French woman was one of five French passengers who [disembarked from the ship](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/10/hantavirus-cruise-ship-tenerife-evacuate-passengers-mv-hondius) in Tenerife on Sunday before
virus that can – in rare cases – spread among humans. The Swiss government said a man who returned to Switzerland after being a passenger on the MV Hondius was infected with the hantavirus and was being
Andes strain - which the WHO believes was contracted by some of the ship's passengers while in South America - is possible. Symptoms can include fever, extreme fatigue, muscle aches, stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and shortness