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Hantavirus in United States

Outbreak status and case-level data for the MV Hondius hantavirus cluster.

Cases
1
Deaths
0
Latest case
2026-05-11
Status
ACTIVE

Current status

Active monitoring — confirmed or suspected cases under investigation.

3 US confirmed cases (MVH-010 at UNMC Omaha Biocontainment Unit + US-GA-001 and US-GA-002 at Emory Atlanta Serious Communicable Diseases Unit). 15 Americans + 1 British UK-resident at UNMC National Quarantine Unit (cohort tracked as US-NE-GROUP + GB-NE-001; includes MVH-010 partner asymptomatic). 7 earlier US returnees across remaining states under voluntary state monitoring (CA:1, AZ:1, TX:2, VA:1, NJ:2). Total US-tracked = 3 confirmed (Omaha + Atlanta) + 15 (UNMC quarantine cohort) + 7 (state monitoring) = 25; plus 1 British UK-resident at UNMC = 26 persons total under federal/state surveillance.

Cases currently in United States

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For the broader outbreak see the main tracker. For disease background see /hantavirus.