Hantavirus -- United States
A northeast North Dakota woman has died after falling ill to a rare disease that's spread by infected rodent droppings, urine and saliva, the state Department of Health said Monday, 27 Aug [2018].
The unidentified adult woman fell ill to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome [HPS]. People can develop [an infection leading to] HPS by breathing air that's contaminated with the virus when fresh rodent droppings, urine or nesting materials are disturbed, but it's not transmitted from person to
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5991287&promed&0
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