Hantavirus — Worldwide/Unknown
The woman was only 26, with no past medical problems, no allergies and no family history of asthma. Yet a day after being admitted to a western Canadian hospital with a dry cough and difficulty breathing, she was dead.
The culprit: [a] hantavirus, a virulent pathogen inhaled as the young mother of 2 cleaned up a garage littered with deer mouse [_Peromyscus maniculatus_] droppings.
New evidence suggests the risk of such tragedies, though still rare, is mounting. Federal scientists have
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