US Citizen Infected With Hantavirus Now Isolated in Nebraska

A US citizen who was infected with hantavirus from the Hondius cruise ship is being cared for in a biocontainment unit in Nebraska, US health officials said Monday, while another who developed symptoms despite not testing positive is being treated at Emory University in Atlanta.

Fifteen US citizens who were exposed to the rare disease are being isolated at the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska, according to Brendan Jackson, acting director for high-consequence pathogens at the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. The partner of the Atlanta patient is also being monitored at Emory.