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'Oh, gosh': Inside the race to test for cruise ship hantavirus

'Oh, gosh': Inside the race to test for cruise ship hantavirus

It was the start of a long weekend in South Africa on Friday when Lucille Blumberg received an email from a fellow infectious disease specialist about an unknown illness on a cruise ship. She would go on to play an instrumental role in getting samples from people who had been

Cruise ship passenger with hantavirus being treated in Zurich

Cruise ship passenger with hantavirus being treated in Zurich

A former passenger on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is being treated in a Zurich hospital having tested positive for the disease, Swiss authorities said Wednesday. The man and his wife, both Swiss nationals, returned to Switzerland, having left the MV Hondius at the Atlantic Ocean

'Spreading like wildfire': Fiji grapples with soaring HIV cases

'Spreading like wildfire': Fiji grapples with soaring HIV cases

As evening falls in Fiji's capital, a steady stream of people approaches a makeshift clinic that is a first line of defence against one of the world's fastest-growing HIV epidemics. In the South Pacific nation -- a popular tourist destination of just under a million people

Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship

Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship

Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands, allowing the vessel to sail on to Spain's Canary Islands, the operator said Tuesday. Spain's health ministry said the ship was due

Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship

Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship

Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands, allowing the vessel to sail on to Spain's Canary Islands, the operator said Tuesday. The MV Hondius has been at the centre of an

Hantavirus cases on ship sharpen focus on travel health as cruise season ramps up

Confirmed and suspected hantavirus cases aboard the Dutch ship MV Hondius off Cape Verde that have resulted in multiple deaths draw new attention to how illness can spread during travel, just as cruise ships head into one of their busiest periods on record. The situation remains under investigation, but it

Hantavirus on the Hondius: what we know

Hantavirus on the Hondius: what we know

Three passengers who were cruising the Atlantic Ocean have died and others have fallen sick amid a rare hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, currently anchored off Cape Verde. Here is a look at what we know so far about those on board, the fatalities, the other symptomatic cases, the