Interim Guidance for Public Health Assessment and Management of People with Potential Exposure to Andes Virus [2026/05/14]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.).
• Description:
  Purpose: The purpose of this document is to support health departments in managing individuals who have experienced a potential exposure associated with the M/V Hondius Andes virus outbreak. Andes virus is a type of hantavirus and the only type that is known to spread person-to-person.
  
  Thisinterim guidance reflects current evidence as of May 14, 2026, and may be updated as new information is available.
  
  Appendix 1 contains Andes Virus Exposure Assessment Questionnaire [Andes Virus Public Health Investigation Guidance and Exposure Assessment Questionnaire]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Disease Notification Hantavirus Infections Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Epidemiology Orthohantavirus Public Health Surveillance Zoonoses
• Keywords:
  Andes Virus Hantavirus HPS MV Hondius
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  MV Hondius
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2026
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:73bc909481a567e1c3c9421792395d1db633c3a25226ad5e2e454bc51f362f61d9cf8955aeb76a60321714339cb32ce088ffd7b7c498a33d7d239182d1912fe2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/257022/cdc_257022_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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