Argentina to expand hantavirus search to a second province

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina will expand its search for hantavirus-carrying rodents to western Mendoza province as part of an investigation into a deadly cruise ship outbreak in April, the health ministry said Friday. The MV Hondius was sailing from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde when its journey was disrupted after three passengers died following a hantavirus outbreak. Attention soon focused on the South American nation, where the Andes hantavirus strain is endemic in several regions, as