Nebraska isolates physician after treating hantavirus patients from Hondius cruise

An American oncologist who volunteered to care for hantavirus patients aboard the MV Hondius has been isolated in a Nebraska biocontainment unit after a ship-based nasal swab tested positive; about 15 other Americans are in quarantine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha while testing continues. The WHO reports 11 hantavirus cases linked to the voyage and three deaths; public risk remains low, and quarantines for affected passengers and crew are set for 42 days, with the Andes virus noted as having rare human-to-human transmission potential.