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Hantavirus nearly killed me

鈥淚 died for 11 minutes鈥 鈥 what鈥檚 it like to be infected with hantavirus?

It鈥檚 just over six weeks since the ship, MV Hondius, left Argentina for a cruise visiting remote islands in the South Atlantic. A month later, three passengers had died. The World Health Organisation identified the probable cause as hantavirus 鈥 a rodent-borne disease that the victims most likely contracted in south America. We bring together Christian in Germany and Lorne in Canada to share their experiences of the virus and their own brush with death. 鈥淢y heart failed, and I apparently died for 11 minutes,鈥 Lorne says. We also bring together three experts to discuss how the disease spreads, its prevention and treatment.

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