These are the 10 U.S. states monitoring for hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship at center of outbreak
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Key Points:
- Public health officials in at least ten U.S. states are monitoring residents for hantavirus symptoms linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak, which has caused three deaths and multiple illnesses.
- Sixteen passengers, mostly U.S. residents, were transported to the National Quarantine Center in Nebraska, with some showing mild or no symptoms; two others were sent to Emory University’s biocontainment unit in Atlanta.
- The CDC has issued a Level 3 emergency response and advised vigilance among doctors and health departments but emphasized the risk to the general U.S. public remains extremely low.
- States including Arizona, California, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia, and Washington are monitoring individuals who either traveled on the ship or had close contact with infected passengers, with most monitored individuals currently asymptomatic.
- Monitoring efforts involve passengers who disembarked before the outbreak was identified, as well as people exposed during international flights where infected passengers were present.