Minnesota Monitors 1 Person for Hantavirus Exposure as Cruise-Linked Outbreak Kills 3
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Updated · CBS New York · May 13
Minnesota Monitors 1 Person for Hantavirus Exposure as Cruise-Linked Outbreak Kills 3
11 articles · Updated · CBS New York · May 13
Minnesota health officials are monitoring one person who was potentially exposed overseas to an infected individual tied to a Dutch-flagged cruise ship; the person has no symptoms.
The Minnesota Department of Health said it is checking daily for symptoms and stressed the risk to the public remains very low because person-to-person spread is limited.
At least 8 other confirmed or suspected cases have been linked to the ship, and the outbreak has killed 3 people worldwide.
Andes virus is the only hantavirus strain known to spread between people, though only through close contact; CDC data show 890 hantavirus cases in the Upper Midwest from 1993 to 2023, including 2 in Minnesota.
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