A team of scientists from the University of Bath have developed a new antigen against the Hantaan disease - a type of hantavirus
Hantavirus cases are usually rare, but the strain in the outbreak is the only one thought to be transmitted from person to person.
Another sick passenger from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship landed in Europe on Thursday, as the vessel headed to a Spanish island and health officials scrambled to map the outbreak of the potentially deadly human-to-human strain.
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.
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.
FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health announced a new…