Hantavirus poses little threat to North Carolina, Duke infectious disease expert says

Hantavirus poses little threat to North Carolina, Duke infectious disease expert says

A North Carolina resident was among the passengers exposed to the deadly hantavirus outbreak that tore through a trans-Atlantic cruise last month, but the risk to the state remains “extremely low,” state health officials and infectious disease experts say. The North Carolinian, who has not been named, was taken with 15 other American passengers from the ship to a Nebraska quarantine facility, where none have yet shown symptoms or tested positive…