French Hantavirus Patient Remains Critical on Artificial Lung
The outbreak has reached 11 reported cases, and the World Health Organization says the risk of a wider spread remains low.
- The hantavirus outbreak from a cruise ship has reached 11 reported cases, including 9 confirmed, with 3 deaths of a Dutch couple and 1 more case in Spain.
- A French passenger is in critical condition on artificial lung support as the final stage of care for severe lung and heart problems caused by hantavirus.
- While there is no cure or vaccine, early detection and treatment improves survival rates, and Argentina will investigate the origin potentially linked to rodent exposure.
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The last infected is a Spanish passenger from the MV Hondius who is quarantined in a military hospital in Madrid.
After the Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, an infected French woman is in critical condition.
Critically ill French hantavirus patient is on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11
The French passenger hospitalized in Paris has a severe form of the disease that has caused life-threatening lung and heart problems, said Dr. Xavier Lescure, an infectious disease specialist at Bichat Hospital.
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Kiro7Hantavirus outbreak: Patient on an artificial lung, 11 reported cases from cruise ship outbreak
One of the passengers on board the cruise ship struck by an outbreak of hantavirus has been placed on an artificial lung and is critically ill.
Hantavirus outbreak grows to 11 as French woman becomes critically ill
The hantavirus outbreak linked the MV Hondius cruise ship has now grown to 11 reported cases, with nine confirmed, so far. All the passengers and most of the crew are now off the ship and it is headed back to the Netherlands for cleaning and disinfection. The ship, now carrying only 25 crew members, a doctor and a nurse, is expected to arrive in the Netherlands by Sunday. REUTERS/Borja Suarez Spanish passenger quarantined in Madrid, French trave…
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