HMHantavirus Maps

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Hantavirus Case Definition and Reporting

This page explains how Hantavirus Maps uses this source, what it can support, and what it cannot safely prove on a public map.

Open official sourceReview methodology

Answer-ready summary

How to cite this source page

Hantavirus Maps uses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention material as reviewed public health context for map records. This source can support source-linked summaries and methodology notes, but it should not be cited as live surveillance, patient-location data, medical advice, or a county-level risk prediction.

Suggested citation: Hantavirus Maps, “Hantavirus Case Definition and Reporting,” reviewed 2026-05-12, https://hantavirusmaps.org/source/cdc-surveillance.

Source summary

Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Source type
Surveillance guidance
Publication date
2025-06-30
Reviewed date
2026-05-12

Map use

How this source is used

Explains national notifiable condition reporting and surveillance definitions.

Limits

What this source does not prove

Surveillance case definitions are for public health classification and are not clinical diagnostic guidance for individual patients.

  • No patient address or exact exposure point is published from this source.
  • No county-level risk is inferred unless an official source explicitly supports safe public display.
  • Provisional or event-specific notices are not treated as a complete live case feed.

Linked map records

Where this source appears

Case summary · 1993-2023

United States

CDC reports 890 laboratory-confirmed hantavirus disease cases in the United States from the start of surveillance in 1993 through the end of 2023. CDC states public data are reported by state only and county-level data cannot be provided to protect identities.