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"path": "/2026/05/06/hantavirus-on-the-mv-hondius-what-the-cruise-outbreak-reveals-about-rare-virus-risk-at-sea/",
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"Hantavirus",
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"textContent": "WHO says the public risk is low, but three deaths linked to the MV Hondius have triggered a multinational investigation into whether passengers were exposed to infected rodents, or whether rare close-contact transmission occurred.",
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