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How the WHO handles hantavirus cases, including 'weakly positive' ones
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May 11, 2026
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8:43Now PlayingBoris Pavlin, an epidemiology team lead with the World Health Organization, says genetic testing for hantavirus can produce 'weakly positive' or inconclusive results. In the case of the American passenger who had a weakly positive hantavirus test, U.S. health authorities acted out of an abundance of caution and treated the person as if they had tested positive.
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