A man from the Netherlands who died during the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has been identified.

“Patient Zero” was 70-year-old ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, who was with his wife, 69-year-old Mirjam Schilperoord, on the extended trip to South America where they were bird-watching, the New York Post reported Saturday.

The bird-watching couple were in Argentina in late March to visit a landfill a few miles outside the city of Ushuaia where people from all over the world go hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare white-throated caracara.

Ushuaia is considered the southern-most city on earth, earning it the nickname “The City at the End of…

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