Andes

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The Santa Clara County Public Health Department confirmed Sunday that a county resident has returned to California after being exposed to the Andes hantavirus while on the MV Hondius.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Most do not pass from person to person, but the Andes strain identified in a number of people who had been on the Dutch cruise ship, does.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The only hantavirus type that is transmissible between humans -- the Andes virus -- has been confirmed among those who have tested positive, fuelling international concern.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The Andes strain identified in this outbreak is unusual in that it can be transmitted from human to human.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Why, for instance, did it spread to Ethiopia and Arabia from the Fertile Crescent, but not to the Andes from Mexico?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond