Author: Tina Hesman Saey

Andes hantavirus causes deadly lung failure, but its method of attack differs from other respiratory illnesses. The details might inform future treatments.

Scientists still don’t know why Andes hantavirus is the only one shown to spread from person to person.

Public health officials are racing to find out how the sometimes deadly hantavirus got aboard a cruise ship and if there has been human-to-human spread.