Hantavirus Cases: Reporting State

 Hantavirus Cases: Reporting State

As of January2017, 728 instances of hantavirus sickness have been accounted for since reconnaissance in the United States started in 1993. These are all research facility affirmed cases and incorporate hantavirus aspiratory disorder (HPS) and non-pneumonic hantavirus contamination. 

The guide underneath shows the dispersion by condition of hantavirus cases in the United States from 1993 to January 2017. 

Region level information for hantavirus can't be given to forestall the exposure of any exclusively recognizable wellbeing data. Contact your nearby or state wellbeing division for data about hantavirus sickness occurrence in your district. 

Hantavirus Disease Characteristics in the United States 

In light of the national reconnaissance information gathered by the NNDSS for hantavirus illness, the accompanying table depicts some significant qualities of hantavirus infection in the United States.

Table 1. Hantavirus Disease Characteristics in the United States

Characteristic	Number
Cases of hantavirus infection (HPS and non-pulmonary hantavirus infection), as of January 2017	728 cases
Patients ill with HPS (Sex)	63% Male 37% Female
Patients ill with HPS (Race)	78% White 18% American Indian 1% African American 1% Asian
Mean age of confirmed case patients	38 years (range 5 to 84 years)
Reported HPS cases resulting in death.	36%
Cases occurring in states west of the Mississippi River	96%

Cumulative Case Count through January 2017 per State Based on Data Collected by the Nationally Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS)

Total Cases: N= 728 in 36 States

Not displayed: 2 cases reported with presumed exposure outside the USA

State	Cases
AR	1
AZ	78
CA	61
CO	104
CT	1
FL	1
IA	11
ID	21
IL	4
IN	4
KS	16
LA	6
MA	1
ME	1
MI	1
MN	1
MT	43
NC	1
ND	16
NE	9
NM	109
NV	28
NY	3
OK	6
OR	21
PA	9
RI	1
SD	17
TX	45
UT	38
VA	1
VT	2
WA	50
WI	3
WV	1
WY	13