Hantavirus crops up on a cruise ship — what scientists are watching

A person who was aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has tested positive for a variant of hantavirus and is now in an intensive-care unit in South Africa. Credit: Elton Monteiro/EPA/Shutterstock Infectious-disease researchers are eager to learn more about a suspected outbreak of hantavirus, on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Three people have died while on board the MV Hondius and a fourth passenger has been evacuated to a hospital in South Africa. …