Hantavirus in Cape Verde
Outbreak status and case-level data for the MV Hondius hantavirus cluster.
Cases
1
Deaths
1
Latest case
2026-05-10
Status
ACTIVE
Current status
Active monitoring — confirmed or suspected cases under investigation.
By current location: MVH-003 (German woman, deceased aboard ship near Cape Verde).
Cases currently in Cape Verde
Cases linked to exposure in Cape Verde
Patients exposed in Cape Verde but currently elsewhere.
- US-NE-GROUP · now in US15 Americans (UNMC Quarantine Unit)
- MVH-007 · now in DEGerman Woman, ~65 (Passenger)
- ES-MAD-NEG-GROUP · now in ES13 Spanish Returnees (Gomez Ulla, negative)
- MVH-006 · now in ZABritish Male, 60-69 (Sandton ICU)
- US-TX-001 · now in USTexas Resident #1
- MVH-008 · now in NLDutch Crew Member, 41
- SG-001 · now in SGSingaporean Man, 67
- US-AZ-001 · now in USArizona Resident
- US-CA-001 · now in USCalifornia Resident #1
- US-VA-001 · now in USVirginia Resident
- ES-MAD-001 · now in ESSpanish Passenger #1 (Gomez Ulla)
View Cape Verde on the live dashboard →
For the broader outbreak see the main tracker. For disease background see /hantavirus.