Several U.S. States Monitoring Cruise Passengers as Latest Hantavirus Case Reported

Bogdan Hofbauer

At least five U.S. states are currently monitoring residents who have returned home from the MV Hondius cruise ship in late April, following the outbreak of the rodent-borne hantavirus that continues to put health authorities worldwide on alert. The Texas Department for State Health Services (DSHS) said Thursday it was notified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that two state residents had disembarked from the ship and returned to the U.S. before reports of the outbreak . DSHS said that