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infected rodents. Hantavirus causes flu-like symptoms that eventually cause the lungs to fill with
symptoms of a hantavirus infection, the country's health ministry said on Thursday. Dutch broadcaster
symptoms of the infection. Hantavirus, a rare disease transmitted to humans through the droppings or urine
infected rodents. Hantavirus causes flu-like symptoms that eventually cause the lungs to fill with
infections known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Symptoms usually start with fatigue, fever and muscle aches
infection can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in which initial flu-like symptoms — including fatigue, fever
infected](/news/2026/5/7/who-confirms-five-cases-of-hantavirus-linked-to-cruise-ship) with hantavirus, cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions said Friday there were no people with symptoms
hantavirus infections. The CDC recommends supportive care to treat symptoms that could include oxygen therapy
hantavirus infections. Treatment is supportive and based on symptoms, such as hospital care and respiratory
symptoms yet. Such measures may include quarantine, so that an individual doesn't come into contact with even more people — who may then become infected. One challenge that hantavirus
symptoms can easily be mistaken for the flu. HFRS usually develops within a week or two after exposure. ## How is the hantavirus treated and prevented? There is no specific therapy for a hantavirus infection
infected passenger from the cruise ship and later showed mild symptoms, tested negative for the hantavirus
hantavirus is largely transmitted through contact with the urine, faeces or saliva of infected rodents, according to the WHO. Symptoms
symptoms. Human-to-human spread is possible with the specific Andes strain that has been detected, say experts. But the World Health Organization (WHO) says the risk of infections globally remains low because this
hantavirus infection. On 2 May, a German passenger died on board the ship. There are also two crew members, of British and Dutch nationality, still on board with “acute respiratory symptoms
hantavirus infections since June 2025, is consistently ranked by the WHO as having the highest incidence of the rare, rodent-borne disease. The UKHSA has said once the ship docks in Tenerife, the remaining British
infection, government says A third British national has suspected hantavirus in connection with an outbreak on board the cruise ship MV Hondius, the government has said. The patient is currently on the remote Atlantic island
Hantavirus is usually caught through contact with urine or faeces from infected rodents, but in rare cases can spread between people. It can lead to severe respiratory illness. The first person to develop symptoms
hantavirus outbreak](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5814761/hantavirus-likely-not-the-next-covid), including what the symptoms are, how it spreads, how the U.S. has responded and more. - 🎧 **Epidemiologists are racing to identify individuals who've come into contact with those infected
hantavirus. Then on 2 May, a German national also died, bringing the total number of fatalities to three. It remains unclear if they were infected. Oceanwide Expeditions said two crew members currently have "acute respiratory