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A cluster of cases aboard the ship off Cape Verde may be linked to a type of hantavirus found in Argentina that can spread from person to person, the World Health Organization said.
Updated yesterday at 8:14 a.m. EDT
The rodent-borne hantavirus is suspected in an outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean in which three passengers have died within three weeks.
The World Health Organization said two cases of hantavirus had been confirmed and that there are five suspected cases. Oceanwide Expeditions, the operator of the Hondius expedition ship, said one passenger is in intensive care in Johannesburg and two crew members aboard the vessel have respiratory symptoms.
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