After weeks of fear, quarantines, and international concern, the virus-stricken MV Hondius finally reached shore Sunday morning as passengers began

It's possible the fact sheet was written before human-to-human transmission of hantavirus was first documented in one strain of hantavirus.

One of the 17 Americans who recently departed a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship has tested positive for the virus. A second American is showing mild symptoms, according to the Associated Press.

European health agencies are monitoring passengers and crew members after suspected hantavirus exposure raised concerns about rare human transmission patterns.

A vacationing doctor who stepped in to treat hantavirus patients on the MV Hondius after the ship’s chief medic fell ill is isolating inside a biocontainment unit after also contracting the virus. Retired oncologist Stephen Kornfeld was put in isolation after landing in Omaha,

The Andes virus strain linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak is the only hantavirus capable of spreading person to person, the WHO says.

The Arizona Department of Health Services is monitoring an Andes virus outbreak linked to a cruise ship while working with local, Tribal and federal public health partners

Spanish passengers are the first to leave the MV Hondius, after an outbreak saw three people die and several infected.

Doctors say there are currently no approved antiviral treatments for the deadly Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus.