Three Kansans Being Monitored for Hantavirus After Contact with Infected Cruise Ship Passenger
KDHE says the three people have no symptoms and the public risk is extremely low as monitoring continues for 42 days after exposure.
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is monitoring three people with "high risk exposure" to the Andes strain of hantavirus following contact with an individual from the MV Hondius cruise ship.
- Although hantavirus typically spreads via rodent droppings and is not easily transmitted between people, the Andes strain detected in this 11-case outbreak may rarely transmit person-to-person, prompting precautionary monitoring.
- None of the individuals currently exhibit symptoms, which can take up to 42 days to appear, as the Kansas Department coordinates oversight with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Doctors Steve Simpson and Sarah Boyd emphasized the threat remains extremely low, with no hantavirus patients being treated at the University of Kansas Health System or St. Lukes of Kansas City.
- World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed that all 11 cases linked to this outbreak have occurred only among passengers and crew members of the MV Hondius cruise ship.
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Three Kansans being monitored for hantavirus after contact with infected cruise ship passenger
TOPEKA — Three Kansans who came into close “high risk” contact with a person who has confirmed Andes hantavirus are being monitored by state and federal officials. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said in a Tuesday news release…
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Kansas officials are monitoring three Kansans exposed to a rare Andes hantavirus case tied to an international cruise outbreak. TOPEKA — Three Kansans who came into close “high risk” contact with a person who has confirmed Andes hantavirus are being monitored by state and federal officials. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said in a Tuesday news release that three individuals, who won’t be identified because of privacy concerns, a…
Three Kansans being monitored for hantavirus after contact with infected cruise ship passenger - Stateline Publications
Passengers are evacuated by small boat on May 10, 2026, from the MV Hondius in the Granadilla Port, after at least 11 passengers became ill with Andes hantavirus. Three Kansans came into close contact with one of the passengers and are being watched by health officials in case they develop hantavirus symptoms. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)TOPEKA — Three Kansans who came into close “high risk” contact with a person who has confirmed Andes…
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