Maryland Monitors 2 Residents for Hantavirus Exposure After Flight With Infected Cruise Passenger
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Updated · Fox News · May 12
Maryland Monitors 2 Residents for Hantavirus Exposure After Flight With Infected Cruise Passenger
7 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 12
Two Maryland residents are being monitored after sharing an overseas flight with a passenger infected with the Andes virus linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship.
Maryland officials said the public risk remains very low because the two were not on the ship, are asymptomatic and are being watched through the virus's 4-to-42-day incubation period.
The Andes strain is the only known hantavirus capable of person-to-person spread; U.S. hantaviruses generally spread through infected rodents, not between people.
No Maryland hantavirus cases have been reported since 2019, Andes infections have never been identified in the state, and similar monitoring cases have also surfaced in Arizona, California and Georgia.
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