Version of hantavirus behind deadly cruise ship outbreak matches known strain, France says

Mihai Prelipcean

France's Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced the Andes virus detected in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found it matched viruses already known in South America, with no evidence so far of new characteristics that would make it  more transmissible or more dangerous . "The analyzed virus corresponds to the viruses already known and monitored in South America," Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said Friday on social media.  "At this stage, no element suggests the

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