Hantavirus on cruise ship confirmed as rare type that can spread human-to-human

The bank vole is one of the rodents that can transmit the hantavirus. In rare cases, there is human-to-human transmission. Patrick Pleul/picture alliance/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick Pleul/picture alliance/via Getty Images It appears that hantavirus — which is typically spread by exposure to rodent urine, feces or saliva and can be deadly — may have spread between passengers on a cruise ship that's anchored off the coast of Cape Verde. …