00:00A rare and deadly virus has just killed three cruise ship passengers.
00:04And health officials across four continents are racing to track down everyone who was on board.
00:09The disease is hantavirus, a virus normally spread by rodents,
00:14with a fatality rate that can exceed 38% in severe cases.
00:19Investigators in Argentina now believe the outbreak began at a landfill in the southern port of Ushuaia,
00:25where a Dutch couple may have been first exposed before boarding.
00:29Passengers from 12 different countries disembarked from the MV Hondias before the outbreak was confirmed.
00:35U.S. health authorities are now reviewing travel manifests.
00:39Symptoms can take up to six weeks to appear and start with flu-like fever, chills, and muscle aches
00:45before progressing to severe lung failure.
00:48There is no specific cure for hantavirus. Treatment is supportive only.
00:53And as global cruise tourism rebounds, U.S. public health experts say outbreaks like this
00:58are exactly the kind of cross-border threat the nation must be ready for.
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