Cruise-ship hantavirus cluster exposes a wider preparedness gap
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The hantavirus cluster on the cruise ship MV Hondius is unusual and severe. Your News Explainer rightly focused on uncertainties, including the source of exposure, transmission route and viral identity (see Nature https://doi.org/q5qs; 2026).
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Nature 653, 642 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01518-4
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