The Caribbean Pub­lic Health Agency (CARPHA) says the han­tavirus out­break linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship in­volves the An­des virus strain, which is ca­pa­ble of lim­it­ed hu­man-to-hu­man trans­mis­sion.

In a state­ment, CARPHA said the An­des virus is found main­ly in parts of South Amer­i­ca, in­clud­ing Ar­genti­na.

The agency stat­ed that the ro­dent species linked to the virus is not present in the Caribbean and there is no es­tab­lished lo­cal source of trans­mis­sion with­in the re­gion.