Multi-country Hantavirus Cluster Linked to Cruise Ship Update

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has issued an update on the hantavirus outbreak and reports no notifications of any Pennsylvania residents who were on board the associated cruise ship. Clinicians should consider infection with hantaviruses in patients who have symptoms and laboratory results that are compatible with hantavirus infection and have a history of known or suspected exposure to rodents or rodent excreta. Providers must immediately report suspected hantavirus cases to local public health authorities or to DOH. Read more.