A potential hantavirus case not linked to the outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has been reported in Illinois, according to the state’s health agency.

The resident, who lives in Winnebago County, didn’t travel abroad and they may have picked up the virus while cleaning a home where rodent droppings were present, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Tuesday.

Their symptoms were mild and they didn’t require hospitalization.

Officials suspect the person may have contracted the North American hantavirus strain, rather than the Andes strain, which carries a mortality rate of 40%.

MV Hondius passengers disembark the ship in Tenerife.…