Hantavirus -- United States
The New Mexico Department of Health announced today [30 Jun 2016] that a 20-year-old woman from Torrance County has died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). This is the 6th case and 4th death from HPS in New Mexico this year.
Hantavirus infection is a deadly disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings or saliva. People can contract the disease when they breathe in aerosolized virus. The deer mouse is the main carrier for Sin Nombre virus, the hantavirus strain found
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