The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said that three residents of the state had “a high-risk exposure to a person with confirmed Andes hantavirus” in connection to a cruise ship outbreak.
The agency said that it is monitoring the three people who may have been exposed to the virus “after contact with an individual from the MV Hondius cruise ship who later tested positive for Andes hantavirus.”
The three in Kansas weren’t aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, the source of the outbreak that was first reported earlier this month. No other details are being shared about the people, said the agency….