Andes

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The only hantavirus type that can transmit from person to person -- the Andes virus -- has been confirmed among those who have tested positive, fuelling international concern.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The complex operation to prevent the rare Andes strain of this virus spreading is described by Spain's health minister as "unprecedented".

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Scientists confirmed that the rare Andes variant of hantavirus is the source of the outbreak on the ship.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Epidemiologists had previously found hints that the Andes virus may be transmitted from one person to another under certain circumstances, such as close, sustained contact in close quarters, like a small cruise ship.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Five thousand years after llamas had been domesticated in the Andes, the Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs, and all other native societies of Mexico remained without pack animals and without any edible domestic mammals except for dogs.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond