Hantavirus infection is a rare but serious viral disease transmitted to humans through contact with infected rodents or their waste. The virus can cause severe respiratory illness (Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome) or kidney disease (Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome).
Hantaviruses are a family of viruses spread mainly by rodents that can cause varied disease syndromes in humans. Infection occurs primarily through inhalation of virus particles from rodent urine, droppings, or saliva. Two main syndromes affect humans: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in the Americas and Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS) in Europe and Asia.
Transmitted primarily through inhalation of aerosolized virus particles from rodent urine, droppings, or saliva. Can also spread through rodent bites or touching contaminated materials then touching eyes, nose, or mouth. Rarely spreads person-to-person.
PerÃodo de Contagio: Not typically contagious person-to-person; transmission occurs from infected rodents
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Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says the international response to the recent Hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship has brought the world closer to ending the health emergency.
According to him, the number of cases has remained unchanged while the majority of contacts identified across several countries have successfully completed their monitoring period.
Dr Tedros made the remarks in a social media post on Tuesday, June 23, while pr
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No cases associated with the outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship have been confirmed in the U.S., health officials said.
Quarantine was lifted on Sunday for American passengers of a cruise ship that was hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The passengers had been held for weeks at a federal facility in Nebraska.
The day marks a return to day-to-day life for all 18 passengers, including the six who had stayed at the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center until t
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There were 12 confirmed and one probable hantavirus case stemming from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, including three deaths.
GENEVA - Almost all the passengers and crew of the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak who had to quarantine in the Netherlands are now allowed to return home, the WHO chief said on June 18.
There were 12 confirmed and one probable case stemming from the MV Hondius, including three deaths, in an outbreak that sparked an international health alert.
The Dutch-f
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Geneva (AFP) - Almost all the passengers and crew of the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak who had to quarantine in the Netherlands are now allowed to return home, the WHO chief said Thursday.
There were 12 confirmed and one probable case stemming from the MV Hondius, including three deaths, in an outbreak which sparked an internatonal health alert.
The Dutch-flagged ship set off April 1 from Ushuaia, Argentina, taking in remote islands in the South Atlantic Ocean before heading n
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A passenger from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship has said she is being held in quarantine away from her home against her will and despite the recommendations of a medical review by the CDC.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long decried what he has deemed the overreach of public health measures, signed an order Monday requiring that Angela Perryman remain at a Nebraska quarantine unit despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying it was safe for her to return to
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An inmate at California's notorious San Quentin prison has exhibited hantavirus symptoms, sparking concerns of a potential outbreak in a superspreader environment.
Hantavirus drew a significant amount of public attention after an outbreak infected several American citizens on the MV Hondius cruise ship traveling around the world.
The prison, Marin County, is still awaiting federal and state testing results to determine if the 38-year-old male inmate has hantavirus, ABC 7 reported.
There have y
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The two residents had been isolated at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) after their return.
SINGAPORE - Two Singapore residents who were being monitored for hantavirus have been released from quarantine after testing negative for the disease.
They completed their quarantine on June 6, the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said on June 7.
"Both of them are well, and have tested negative for hantavirus, including the Andes virus, before release from quarantine," the agency add
Argentina has said it is expanding its investigation into the origins of the hantavirus outbreak that struck an Atlantic cruise ship last month, sending scientists to trap and test rats in the western province of Mendoza while lab results are pending from the southernmost city of Ushuaia.
Argentine authorities said biologists from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were joining the mission next week in Mendoza.
The rare outbreak on the MV Hondius was caused by th
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Officials in Arizona are warning about the presence of a hantavirus known as "Sin Nombre" following the death of a person infected in the city of Kingman.
A report from the Mohave County Department of Public Health confirmed that a resident had died from the Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) illness.
Officials said the individual's exposure to the virus "could not be determined" and they could not rule out local transmission.
"Although hantavirus is uncommon, awareness and prevention are imp
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Authorities cleared the Hondius for service adding that there is no longer any risk of infection.
A cruise ship that was at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak has been disinfected and is ready to set sail again with passengers, its operator says.
The Hondius is expected to depart on Saturday for the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
From there, it is due to set off on a voyage through the Arctic Ocean, the Dutch cruise line Oceanwide Expeditions said.
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