New Jersey health officials are monitoring two state residents who have potentially been exposed to hantavirus, a deadly rat-borne virus fueling an outbreak aboard a cruise ship.
The state health department said in a statement that the residents were possibly exposed during air travel to a hantavirus patient who had left the cruise, but they were not passengers on board the MV Hondius.
It is the sixth state known to be monitoring possible hantavirus patients.
As of Friday, there were three deaths from the virus, five confirmed cases and three suspected cases.
No cases have been confirmed in the US, though nine Americans have potential
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