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Returning passengers from cruise ship being monitored for hantavirus in US

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
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Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working with the World Health Organization to monitor several cruise ship passengers who have returned to U.S. soil for infection with hantavirus, a rare but fatal respiratory infection.

Five passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean have died following suspected hantavirus infections, according to an update from the WHO on Thursday morning. 

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