Nebraska Lab Puts Early Andes Virus Test to Work for Cruise-Ship Passengers
TL;DR
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center rapidly developed a PCR-based test to detect Andes virus in blood before symptoms appear and plan to screen 16 returning cruise-ship passengers, aiming for early diagnosis and treatment to curb spread—though the CDC’s Andes virus PCR test is still being validated for patient management.
- Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus WIRED
- U.S. Cruise Passenger Moved Out of Isolation The New York Times
- Doctor from hantavirus-stricken ship tests negative, moves out of biocontainment unit CNN
- A Scientist’s Close Call with Hantavirus Aboard the M.V. Hondius Cruise The New Yorker
- CDC: Risk to general public from hantavirus is low CIDRAP
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