Open epidemiological surveillance for the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak. Individual-level case data, global media tracking, and genomic sequences — verified daily from public health authorities worldwide.
Cases emerged among crew and passengers of the MV Hondius expedition vessel returning from South America. Initial symptomatic individuals identified in April 2026, prompting urgent contact tracing across multiple countries.
Andes virus (ANDV) — the only known hantavirus with documented human-to-human transmission, typically via respiratory secretions. Genome sequenced at the Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Viruses. Clinical presentation: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), CFR ~15–35%.
Secondary cases traced via commercial flights and medical evacuation aircraft across Europe, Asia, and Africa. WHO coordinating international contact tracing. Cases identified in Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, UK, Switzerland, Singapore, and South Africa.
Line list, media corpus, and genomic sequences released under CC BY 4.0. Curated from WHO, BBC, CDC, and national health agencies using the episource agentic workflow. Contributions welcomed via pull requests to the kraemer-lab GitHub repository.
Individual-level case data: demographics, symptom onset, travel history, outcomes, and confirmation status.
Curated global media coverage from Media Cloud, structured and verified by the episource agentic workflow.
ANDV-Switzerland-Hu-3337-2026 — FASTA format from the Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Viruses. Phylogenetic placement confirms outbreak linkage.
Global.health: Hondius hantavirus 2026 outbreak data []
Released under CC BY 4.0. Repository: kraemer-lab/Hondius_hantavirus_h2026
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