2026年5月16日 / 美国东部时间下午2:07 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
法国巴斯德研究所表示，已对MV洪迪乌斯号邮轮上一名法国乘客体内检测到的安第斯病毒完成全基因组测序，结果显示该病毒与南美洲已知毒株一致，目前尚无证据表明其出现了可导致更强传播性或更高危险性的新特征。
法国卫生部长斯特凡妮·里斯周五在社交媒体上表示：“经分析的病毒与南美洲地区已知并监测中的病毒毒株相符。”
里斯补充道：“现阶段没有任何迹象表明该病毒出现了传播性或危险性更强的变异株。”安第斯病毒是唯一可在人际间传播的汉坦病毒类型。
巴斯德研究所称，基因组分析证实，这名法国乘客体内的病毒与邮轮上其他病例检测到的病毒一致，且与南美洲地区流行的已知安第斯病毒样本高度相似。
里斯表示：“此次测序工作有助于我们进一步了解该病毒，并确保开展严密的健康监测。”她还补充道，相关数据将与国际科学界共享。
根据美国疾病控制与预防中心官网信息，汉坦病毒属于罕见病毒家族，通常通过接触受污染的啮齿动物排泄物或唾液传播给人类。感染病例可能出现严重肺部和呼吸道病症。
巴斯德研究所指出，邮轮上患者体内检测到的病毒完全一致，与南美洲部分流行的安第斯病毒（包括啮齿动物体内检出的毒株）相似度约为97%。巴斯德研究所环境与传染病风险部门负责人让-克洛德·马努格拉表示，剩余的基因差异属于病毒自然变异范畴，似乎并未改变该病毒在旅行者群体中的传播特性。
这名法国乘客在MV洪迪乌斯号邮轮旅行期间检测结果呈阳性，目前已在巴黎接受治疗。法国当局此前曾透露其病情危重。
据世界卫生组织消息，该邮轮上的汉坦病毒暴发疫情已累计报告10例病例，其中8例已确诊。邮轮上已有3人死亡，包括一对荷兰夫妇，卫生官员认为二人是在前往南美洲旅行期间首次接触病毒。世卫组织此前表示，这对荷兰夫妇到访过已知携带安第斯病毒的鼠类栖息地。
上周，MV洪迪乌斯号抵达西班牙加那利群岛后，邮轮乘客已被有序疏散，并搭乘遣返航班返回各自国家。其中包括17名美国乘客和1名英国双国籍公民，他们已于5月11日早些时候抵达美国。截至周五，这些乘客均在位于内布拉斯加州的国家检疫中心接受健康监测。
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Version of hantavirus behind deadly cruise ship outbreak matches known strain, France says
May 16, 2026 / 2:07 PM EDT / CBS/AP
France’s Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced the Andes virus detected in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found it matched viruses already known in South America, with no evidence so far of new characteristics that would make it more transmissible or more dangerous.
“The analyzed virus corresponds to the viruses already known and monitored in South America,” Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said Friday on social media.
“At this stage, no element suggests the emergence” of a form of the virus that could be more transmissible or more dangerous, Rist added. The Andes virus is the only form of hantavirus that can be transmitted from person to person.
Pasteur said genomic analysis confirmed the virus found in the French passenger matched the virus detected in other cases aboard the ship and closely resembled known Andes virus samples circulating in South America.
“This sequencing work allows us to better understand the virus and to ensure close health monitoring,” Rist said. The data would be shared with the international scientific community, she added.
Hantaviruses are a family of rare viruses usually passed to humans through contact with contaminated rodent waste or saliva, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website. Cases can result in severe pulmonary and respiratory distress.
Pasteur said the viruses detected in patients from the ship were identical to each other and about 97% similar to some Andes viruses circulating in South America, including those identified in rodents. Jean-Claude Manuguerra, who heads Pasteur’s Environment and Infectious Risk unit, said the remaining variation appeared to reflect natural viral variation and did not seem to affect the characteristics of the virus detected among travelers.
The French passenger tested positive after traveling aboard the MV Hondius and has been treated in Paris. French authorities previously said she was in serious condition.
The hantavirus outbreak on the ship has reached 10 cases, eight of which have been confirmed, according to the World Health Organization. Three people on the cruise died, including a Dutch couple who health officials believe were the first exposed to the virus while visiting South America. The Dutch couple visited sites where the species of rat known to carry the Andes virus was present, the WHO previously said.
Cruise ship passengers were carefully evacuated from the ship after it arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands and placed on repatriation flights to their home countries last week. That included 17 Americans and one British dual citizen, who arrived in the U.S. early on May 11. Those passengers were all being monitored at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska as of Friday.
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