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Ever since 1993, when a deadly disease outbreak in the Four Corners first revealed the presence of hantavirus in North ...

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Here's the differences between the two: HPS: Found in the Western Hemisphere, including the U.S. The most common hantavirus ...

It can be transmitted through rodent saliva. But it is most commonly transmitted by breathing in particles of dried deer mouse droppings or urine.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most common hantavirus that causes HPS in the US is spread by the deer mouse. Hantavirus is spread by contact with rodents like ...

Hantavirus is an infectious disease that’s normally spread through contact with rodents such as deer mice, cotton rats, rice rats and the white-footed mouse. The virus is typically transmitted ...

The deer mouse is the most common vector of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the U.S., according to the CDC. Doctors still trying to diagnose mysteries of hantavirus Sept. 10, 2012 People ...

Dr. Nicholas Turner from Duke University said he's only aware of one case of hantavirus confirmed in North Carolina in that time, adding that the disease is carried by rodents like deer mice ...

Though rare, it can also spread through rodent bites or scratches. In North America, deer mice are the most common carriers, according to the Mayo Clinic. The virus can cause two severe illnesses.

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico.