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rat virus en · NOUN
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(colloquial) A virus carried by rats (or rodents in general), in particular a hantavirus.
Christened the “rat virus boat” by the internet after three people travelling onboard died of hantavirus, a disease normally carried by rats and mice, its story has enraptured people all over the world.
2026 May 11, Robyn Vinter, “‘It was either this or the pool’: hantavirus ship becomes latest Tenerife tourist attraction”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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