Stephen Kornfeld Tests Negative for Hantavirus After 42-Day Quarantine Begins

6 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · May 15

Further testing found no evidence Dr. Stephen Kornfeld ever had hantavirus, and Nebraska biocontainment specialists now believe his initial positive result was a false positive.
Kornfeld, an American doctor from Oregon, had been admitted Monday after developing flu-like symptoms aboard the MV Hondius shortly after another passenger fell ill and later died.
He has been moved out of the biocontainment unit into quarantine, where 15 other asymptomatic cruise passengers are being monitored during the 42-day incubation window.
Kornfeld said he feels well and may finish quarantine at home in Oregon rather than Nebraska, though he said any return would not be on a commercial flight.

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