Hantavirus Passenger Exits Biocontainment as Hondius Outbreak Eases

The sole American passenger who had tested positive for hantavirus on the Dutch cruise Hondius has tested negative and moved from the biocontainment unit to a quarantine area with 15 other passengers; the Andes strain outbreak has killed three people and sickened several others, but the CDC says broad spread to the United States remains extremely unlikely, though clinicians should be alert for imported cases.