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A family of related viruses

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By Prativa Baral, Joanne Liu, Veasna Duong
| ZOOMER Magazine Verified
In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of. Her husband, the actor Gene Hackman, died a week later of heart disease. The pathogen that killed her was hantavirus, almost certainly picked up from deer mouse droppings on the property. Fourteen months later, 11 people on the Dutch cruise ship Hondius have been infected with a different hantavirus strain.
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Hantavirus: A Cruise Ship, A Deer Mouse And The Fictional Line Between Human And Animal Health

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By Prativa Baral, Joanne Liu, Veasna Duong
| Spirit of Change Magazine
Photo courtesy Nick Green U.S. Geological Survey/CERC In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of. Her husband, the actor Gene Hackman, died a week later of heart disease. The pathogen that killed her was hantavirus, almost certainly picked up from deer mouse droppings on the property. Fourteen months later, 11 people on the Dutch cruise ship Hondius have been infected with a different hantavirus strain.
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Hantavirus outbreak provides latest stress-test

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By Prativa Baral, Joanne Liu, Veasna Duong
| Brandon Sun Verified
In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of. Her husband, the actor Gene Hackman, died a week later of heart disease. The pathogen that killed her was hantavirus, almost certainly picked up from deer mouse droppings on the property. Fourteen months later, 11 people on the Dutch cruise ship Hondius have been infected with a different hantavirus strain.
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