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Hantavirus in United States

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4 signals (30 d)
Americas USA
Last signal 1d ago

Overview

United States is in the Americas hantavirus context. The country has documented circulation of SNV, SEOV (Sin Nombre virus, Seoul virus).

Hantavirus disease has been nationally notifiable in the United States since 1995. Sin Nombre virus, carried by the deer mouse, is the dominant cause of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS); a smaller number of Seoul-virus HFRS cases are documented, including the 2017 multi-state pet-rat cluster.

Sources for the above: CDC: Hantavirus Surveillance · Knust & Rollin, Emerg Infect Dis 2013 (20-year US hantavirus surveillance) · CDC MMWR 2018 (Seoul virus pet-rat outbreak)

Reservoir species

  • Peromyscus maniculatus
  • Rattus norvegicus

Endemic strains

SNV HPS
Sin Nombre virus
CFR: ~36% (HPS)
SEOV HFRS
Seoul virus
CFR: ~1–2% (HFRS, mild form)

Signal trend (last 30 days)

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Languages of the conversation
en 3 ko 1

Signal volume = mentions in monitored sources (CDC, WHO, ECDC, news in 17 languages), not confirmed clinical case counts. Buckets are UTC days.

Recent signals from United States

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4 recent items, latest first. Click through to the original publisher.

  1. News GNEWS-EN-US · 1d ago ·US · en
    U.S. citizens on hantavirus cruise ship monitored at Nebraska Medicine - American Hospital Association
    U.S. citizens on hantavirus cruise ship monitored at Nebraska Medicine American Hospital Association
    Indexed 1m ago Source ↗
  2. Official CDC-NNDSS · 12d ago ·US · en
    CDC NNDSS — Hantavirus infection (US, 2026 week 27): 0 new, 1 YTD
    Weekly aggregate from CDC NNDSS table for "Hantavirus infection, non-hantavirus pulmonary syndrome". Current week: 0. YTD 2026: 1.
    Indexed 1m ago Source ↗
  3. News GNEWS-EN-US · 22d ago ·US · en
    HHS Successfully Concludes Hantavirus Response Effort; Monitoring Ends with No Positive U.S. Case - HHS.gov
    HHS Successfully Concludes Hantavirus Response Effort; Monitoring Ends with No Positive U.S. Case HHS.gov
    Indexed 1m ago Source ↗
  4. News GNEWS-KO-KR · 22d ago ·US · ko
    미국 CDC, 대서양 크루즈발 한타바이러스 긴급대응 공식 종료 - v.daum.net
    미국 CDC, 대서양 크루즈발 한타바이러스 긴급대응 공식 종료 v.daum.net
    Indexed 1m ago Source ↗