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“Patient zero” isn’t exactly the title you want attached to your travel itinerary. But that’s the grim distinction Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord now holds after authorities identified him as ...

Patient Zero in the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak has been identified as ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, whose passion for birds may have cost him his life. The 70-year-old man and his wife, Mirjam ...

A Dutch ornithologist is suspected of being the “patient zero” in the hantavirus outbreak that has spread among passengers aboard a cruise ship. But how and where did he come into contact with the ...

PATIENT zero of the deadly cruise ship rat virus outbreak has been identified as a Dutch bird watcher. Ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, 70, boarded the MV Hondius with his wife after making a fateful ...

A Dutch ornithologist may be "patient zero" in the new hantavirus outbreak – a theory currently favored by the World Health Organisation. The 70 year old was the first person to die aboard the cruise ...

Leo and Mirjam boarded the MV Hondius in Ushuaia on April 1. Schilperoord and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, belonged to the Dutch village of Haulerwijk. They spent months travelling across South ...

As the world is yet again scared about the outbreak of another dreadful and fatal virus that began from a cruise ship, MV Hondius finally discovered the "Patient Zero” who is believed to be the main ...