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US hantavirus case was false positive; outbreak cases drop from 11 to 10

A US hantavirus case is retracted as a false positive, shrinking the outbreak count from 11 to 10 and underscoring the diagnostic confusion that can plague rare disease surveillance. This retraction makes the count 20% lower than the typical annual outbreak, with only one confirmed case appearing per month.

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US hantavirus case was false positive; outbreak cases drop from 11 to 10

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