PNW doctor from hantavirus ship taken to special isolation unit - The Seattle Times
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- Now he’s in a biocontainment unit in Nebraska while hantavirus cases rise CNN CDC not requiring hantavirus cruise passengers to isolate at home The Hill Hantavirus Attacks…
- The New York Times A Scientist’s Close Call with Hantavirus Aboard the M.V.
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- PNW doctor from hantavirus ship taken to special isolation unit The Seattle Times
- He was on the trip of a lifetime. Now he’s in a biocontainment unit in Nebraska while hantavirus cases rise CNN
- CDC not requiring hantavirus cruise passengers to isolate at home The Hill
- Hantavirus Attacks Patients’ Bodies. This Doctor Tends to Their Minds. The New York Times
- A Scientist’s Close Call with Hantavirus Aboard the M.V. Hondius Cruise The New Yorker
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- • Dr. Stephen Kornfeld was placed in a Nebraska biocontainment unit following a hantavirus outbreak on the M.V. Hondius cruise ship.
- • The CDC did not mandate federal quarantine for all passengers, opting instead for voluntary home monitoring.
- • The outbreak involved the Andes hantavirus, which is transmitted through contact with infected rodent excrement.
American passengers were repatriated to Nebraska to utilize the specialized National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. This facility provided necessary isolation for those exposed to the rare virus during their voyage.
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