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Canada confirms first suspected hantavirus case linked to cruise ship

A Canadian traveler isolating in British Columbia after leaving the hantavirus-affected MV Hondius cruise ship has presumptively tested positive for the virus, according to health officials in Canada.

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Canada confirms first hantavirus case linked to MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak: Passenger in British Columbia in isolation

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Canadian cruise passenger gets a presumptive positive hantavirus test result after ship outbreak

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How a Nature Cruise Turned Into a Nightmare

The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius set off alarms for a world still traumatized by Covid.

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Ontario now testing 10 people for hantavirus who have been self-isolating

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Ontario now testing 10 asymptomatic people for hantavirus; low-risk cases to stop isolating if negative

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Canada cruise passenger 'presumptive positive' for hantavirus

The Andes strain of hantavirus is the only one known to spread between people.

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Version of hantavirus behind deadly cruise ship outbreak matches known strain, France says

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From medieval plague ships to hantavirus: How outbreaks at sea shaped the public health system

Hantavirus Scare Spreads as Rare Andes Strain Reaches Canada

A Canadian traveller has tested positive for hantavirus after departing from a cruise ship linked to an outbreak. Health officials clarified that while the situation is concerning, hantavirus poses different risks compared to respiratory viruses like Covid-19,

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Canadian MV Hondius cruise passenger tests positive for hantavirus

A Canadian who was a passenger on the MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for the Andes hantavirus, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced Saturday

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26 more Canadians being contacted for 'low-risk' hantavirus exposure

More Canadians are being contacted after having been on the same flight as a confirmed hantavirus case, according to federal health officials.

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B.C. health officials update public on rare hantavirus exposure cases

B.C.’s top doctor is expected to provide an update on Canadians isolating after exposure to a rare hantavirus strain linked to an Antarctic cruise ship.

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CEPI CEO pitches his 100-day vaccine development project amid hantavirus outbreak

Dr. Richard Hatchett was recently in Ottawa seeking support for the project. His trip’s timing—amid news of the spread of hantavirus on a cruise ship—was a coincidence, but has reinforced ‘that these kinds of threats are continually and unpredictably emerging,

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Hantavirus has no cure. Here's where researchers are at with treatments and vaccines

Researchers across the world are working on a hantavirus vaccine, though they say development is in the early stages and rollout could be years away.

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Canada monitoring 26 people for hantavirus, not required to isolate

Canada’s chief medical officer of health says public health authorities have been informed of 26 travellers who shared a flight with a person potentially infected with hantavirus.