What did we learn from the hantavirus cruise ship scare? (opens in new tab)

The deaths of three people who had been onboard the MV Hondius sparked a global health alert in early May, prompting fears the ship's many international passengers could spread the rodent-borne disease across the world. Many nations responded by putting the passengers and contact cases in quarantine or isolation for the disease's six-week incubation period. There were no further deaths during the outbreak -- and all 12 confirmed hantavirus cases were passengers on the ship. With the last rema...