Person-to-person hantavirus spread is mainly linked to Andes virus after symptom onset.
Claim:
Hantavirus infection can be transmitted from an infected person to other people during the incubation period.
TOTAL BS
Topic
Hantavirus
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Hantaviruses usually spread from rodents, with rare person-to-person Andes virus transmission.
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A person infected with hantavirus transmits the virus to an average of three other people.
TOTAL BS
SARS-CoV-2 spread efficiently between people, while hantavirus is usually rodent-to-human.
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Hantavirus is less infectious than SARS-CoV-2 was during the 2019–2020 COVID-19 outbreak.
NOT BS
Two MV Hondius passengers were evacuated to the Netherlands amid suspected hantavirus cases.
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Two medically evacuated passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius arrived in the Netherlands for medical treatment after a confirmed hantavirus outbreak occurred on the ship.
SOME BS