Authorities scramble to limit hantavirus outbreak, trace contacts around globe

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U.S. officials in at least five states — Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas and Virginia — are monitoring symptoms of seven returning passengers.

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The cruise ship Hondius on Wednesday. (Reuters)

Global health authorities are scrambling to contain a deadly outbreak of hantavirus linked to the polar expedition ship Hondius, tracing some 30 departed passengers from at least a dozen countries — as well as two flights linked to an ill woman — as epidemiologists investigate how the rare strain made its way onto the ship.


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