US Health Officials Move to Isolate Passengers After Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak on MV Hondius

US health authorities are isolating passengers from the MV Hondius in a Nebraska facility to contain a hantavirus outbreak.The virus claimed the lives of researchers Leo Schilperoord and Mirjam Schilperoord following their expedition in the South Atlantic.Investigators believe the couple contracted the pathogen at a landfill in Argentina before traveling to Saint Helena and South Africa.
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