New Delhi, May 11 -- Seventeen American passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius are being monitored in the United States after a deadly hantavirus outbreak linked to the vessel sickened multiple passengers and triggered international health concerns.

US officials confirmed the Americans disembarked from the ship in Spain on Sunday (May 10) before flying to Offutt Air Force Base. Some passengers are expected to be transferred to the National Quarantine Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

The passengers are being evaluated at the federally funded Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center in Nebraska, the only national quarantine unit in the United States.

Officials said passengers will undergo medical screening and int...