2026 hantavirus cluster
An outbreak of Andes virus (ANDV) infection aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has become the focus of international public-health attention in May 2026. This page reports the analyses we did in response to the outbreak to assess the risk of secondary clusters.
The work was supported by: EU Horizon Europe grant SIESTA and ESCAPE; Agence Nationale de la Recherche grant DiscoReel; ANRS | Maladies infectieuses émergentes grant PReViX; Working Group on Pandemic Preparedness of the French Research Action on Modeling Epidemics (FRAME), funded by ANRS | Maladies infectieuses émergentes.
International risk of secondary hantavirus clusters following MV Hondius outbreak
B Wang, E Lorenzetti, F Parino, V Colizza, E Valdano
22 May 2026
The work was supported by: EU Horizon Europe grant SIESTA and ESCAPE; Agence Nationale de la Recherche grant DiscoReel; ANRS | Maladies infectieuses émergentes grant PReViX; Working Group on Pandemic Preparedness of the French Research Action on Modeling Epidemics (FRAME), funded by ANRS | Maladies infectieuses émergentes.
International risk of secondary hantavirus clusters following MV Hondius outbreak
B Wang, E Lorenzetti, F Parino, V Colizza, E Valdano
22 May 2026
EPIcx lab, 27 rue Chaligny, 75012, Paris, France
INSERM - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Santé
IPLESP UMR-S 1136, site Hôpital St Antoine
Sorbonne Université Modeling Outbreaks Center (SUMOC)
INSERM - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Santé
IPLESP UMR-S 1136, site Hôpital St Antoine
Sorbonne Université Modeling Outbreaks Center (SUMOC)