Hantometer / 2026 Live 10 May 2026
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Hantavirus outbreak archive

Detailed retrospectives of the documented hantavirus outbreaks that shaped the field — from the 1993 discovery of Sin Nombre virus to the 2026 Atlantic cruise cluster.

2026 Atlantic Cruise hantavirus outbreak

In May 2026 a transatlantic cruise on the MV Hondius became the largest documented person-to-person Andes-virus event in twenty years. Genomic sequencing tied the cluster to a clade circulating in Río Negro province, sug…

Atlantic Ocean (departed Buenos Aires, evacuated Tenerife / Cape Verde) · 6 cases · 3 deaths