The deadly hantavirus behind a cruise outbreak that’s sickened at least a dozen people and killed three of them may be transmissible through numerous bodily fluids ranging from saliva to breast milk to semen,

Scientists think the hantavirus, the deadly pathogen that has infected 11 passengers on a Dutch cruise ship, could be as old as humans.

Hantavirus can continue to be transmitted for "up to six years," according to new study.

As cases of Andes hantavirus linked to a cruise ship outbreak go up, do you need to worry about a possible lockdown? Here’s what experts think.

The hantavirus outbreak has resulted in three deaths so far

The sole American who returned a positive test aboard the MV Hondius has since tested negative three times, bringing the total number of reported cases down to 10.

Ontario County Public Health (OCPH) said it's investigating a possible case of locally-acquired hantavirus. OCPH says there's no connection to the current cruise ship infections, and no risk to the general public.

B.C.'s top doctor is set to speak on Saturday about the Canadians who have been isolating after leaving the cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak in recent weeks.

Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, a passenger from the MV Hondius who had tested “faintly positive” for hantavirus, has now tested negative and been moved out of a Nebraska biocontainment unit.

A study has raised fresh concerns about whether hantavirus could potentially spread through sexual contact. | World News