The text discusses an ongoing hantavirus outbreak likely triggered by a 'super-spreader' on a cruise ship, with three passengers dying and experts investigating the factors that make someone a super-spreader.
Infectious disease experts have warned there will be more hantavirus cases due to an ongoing outbreak, triggered by a 'super-spreader.
' The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) also advised countries to prepare for more cases in the coming weeks after three passengers died after traveling on a doomed cruise ship. Leading virologists believe that Leo Schilperoord, dubbed patient X, was a super-spreader responsible for the rapid spread between humans. Experts are investigating the factors that make someone a super-spreader to better understand the ongoing outbreak and potential treatments
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