Hantavirus has been in the news lately after a cruise ship outbreak in 2026 — and it’s raising a lot of questions .
Hantavirus is carried by rodents. People usually get infected by breathing in dust contaminated with rodent droppings — not usually from casual contact with others. But there is a strain called the Andes strain seen in South America, which has limited human-to-human transmission for people in close contact with each other.
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