Dossier
Dutch-flagged cruise ship
Coverage of Dutch-flagged cruise ship in the Nexus archive.
- What are the origins of hantavirus? How the virus tied to the cruise ship outbreak came to be.
A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch-flagged cruise ship was caused by the Andes virus, which can spread from person to person. The virus is tied to rodents, which are known to carry hantavirus. The origin of the disease is being explored.