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Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife

Hantavirus is usually spread by rodents but can in rare cases be transmitted person to person

Spain’s Canary Islands brace for incoming hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

Hantavirus is usually spread by the inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings and is not easily

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Hantavirus may have [spread from passenger to passenger](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/g-s1-120234/cruise-ship-with-hantavirus-may-have-seen-a-rare-occurrence-humans-infecting-humans) on a cruise ship

The hospital taking in Britons from hantavirus-hit ship - six years after being used for Covid quarantine

Hantavirus is not spread through everyday social contact and there is no reason for local

CDC will reportedly bring Americans on hantavirus-stricken cruise to US for quarantine

hantavirus that can sometimes spread with close, intimate contact but is typically spread by rodents

WHO head warns countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

spread by wild rodents, hantavirus can be transmitted person-to-person in rare cases of close

Unwell British crew member to be ‘urgently’ evacuated from cruise ship after hantavirus cases

Hantavirus infections, which are usually spread by infected rodents’ urine or faeces, can lead to severe

Last passengers from hantavirus-hit ship evacuated; American tests positive

hantavirus on the ship. The strain involved, known as the Andes virus, is typically spread

UK identifies new suspected hantavirus case on remote island

spread, he replied: “I hope not.” Hantavirus is typically transmitted through contact with infected rodents

French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship

spreading to Tenerife](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y0gkg038yo). [Hantaviruses are usually carried by rodents](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r8j1l6j0go),

Cruise ship with hantavirus may have seen a rare occurrence: humans infecting humans

hantavirus](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-5809495/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-atlantic-ocean) — which is typically spread by exposure to rodent urine, feces or saliva

Hantavirus outbreak kills 3 on cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, WHO says

Hantaviruses](https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/index.html) are a family of viruses that are usually spread by exposure

Cruise passengers tell of life on board stranded ship after hantavirus outbreak

hantavirus - a rare but severe disease usually spread by rodents - have since been identified. Three

Two more cruise ship passengers test positive for hantavirus

Hantaviruses can cause severe respiratory illness and are usually spread by rodents but can also

Argentina in spotlight over hantavirus as authorities retrace footsteps of ship’s passengers

hantavirus, which until then had been known only to spread through contact with rodents. Nearly

‘It was either this or the pool’: hantavirus ship becomes latest Tenerife tourist attraction

hantavirus. The disease, though not uncommon, is rarely spread person-to-person. The variant is not new, and health

Evacuated US and French MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus

spreads among rodents. No vaccines or specific treatments exist for [hantavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/where-cruise-ship-hantavirus-from-what-next-canary-islands), which

About 40 passengers previously left ship hit by Hantavirus at island of St. Helena

Hantavirus on cruise ship confirmed as rare type that can spread human-to-human](https://www.npr.org

Spanish authorities prepare for arrival of hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

hantavirus strain in question posed to the public was minimal as it spread only through

US passengers from hantavirus-hit ship quarantined in Nebraska and Georgia

hantavirus to the general public remains very, very low," said Admiral Brian Christine of the US Health and Human Services department (HHS). "The Andes variant of this virus does not spread