Hantavirus victims may have got infected on trip ashore from ship, says London expert

He said: “At this stage, based on the public information available, it’s important not to over interpret the cruise ship setting. The fact that cases have been identified in people associated with the same vessel does not by itself tell us whether exposure occurred on the ship, before boarding, during shore excursions, or through some other shared environmental exposure. That is precisely why public health investigations, laboratory confirmation and where possible, virus sequencing are important.”