The interesting (and concerning) part is that hantavirus was previously believed not to be transmissible from person to person. But with the recent outbreak, this understanding might have to be updated.

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duncd 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No, the Andes virus is known to be the only hantavirus that is transmissible from human to human. A South African lab confirmed the British passenger was infected by Andes virus.

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imalerba 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This strain was already known for person to person transmission. In the south of Argentina we had a big outbreak after a sick person went to a birthday party in 2019.

	▲	yread 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Some party: 34 infected, 11 died, R of 2.12, 18% infected by aerosol, incubation period 9-40 days https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2009040

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repelsteeltje 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There are already news articles kind-of implying that the crew knew better when they told passengers that the disease was not transmissible.

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ilogik 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

it seems to be a different strain (and it's not a new one, I think)

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cap11235 5 hours ago | parent [-]

So... hantavirus is transmissible.

	▲	chewbacha 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They all are but generally difficult. Andes strain is more transmissible but has only been shown to have one super spreader event previously.