"Among the cruise ship's passengers, there have been 11 confirmed cases of the Andes virus, a strain of hantavirus that's transmitted from person to person, and three of those cases have been fatal, according to the World Health Organization. Hantavirus is initially contracted by humans through inhalation of particles contaminated with the urine, feces or saliva of a rodent. It can lead to the development of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, a disease that attacks the lungs and is fatal in nearly 40% of people infected, according to the CDC."
Health officials identified another California resident exposed to a deadly hantavirus strain that spread on a Dutch cruise ship and killed three people. The total number of exposed residents in California is five, and all are currently asymptomatic. The newly identified passenger left the MV Hondius before the outbreak was known, returned briefly to California, and then traveled abroad again, currently located in the Pitcairn Islands. Monitoring is being conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and British health officials. Two exposed residents are quarantined at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, while two others are in Santa Clara and Sacramento counties. Among passengers, there are 11 confirmed Andes virus cases with three deaths. Andes virus is transmitted person to person, and hantavirus is initially contracted through inhalation of rodent-contaminated particles. Incubation can last up to six weeks, leaving the total potentially infected unclear.
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