Hantavirus — United States
We have had 2 cases [of a hantavirus infection] in one household in Mono County. One was briefly hospitalized, and both have recovered.
This is very unusual in that this is the 1st household cluster ever reported in California. Given that the death rate from hantavirus infections is high (more than 25 per cent), it is also unusual that neither person was seriously ill with their infection.
Remember, it is all about contact with urine and feces from the deer mouse [_Peromyscus
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