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From medieval plague ships to hantavirus: How outbreaks at sea helped to shape the international public health system

  • Written by Katrine L. Wallace, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago
From medieval plague ships to hantavirus: How outbreaks at sea helped to shape the international public health systemPassengers on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026AP Photo/Uncredited

Cruise ships are convenient floating hotels by which to see far-flung parts of the world – but as an epidemiologist, I know they are also everything an infectious pathogen could want:...

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