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Man contracts hantavirus after staying in cabins at California park, family says
Published July 18, 2017
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A man was hospitalized with hantavirus, a rare and potentially fatal rodent-borne respiratory disease he may have contracted after staying in cabins at California parks, his family said.
Spencer Fly, 22, began having symptoms of the disease during the Fourth of July weekend, his family told Fox 40. The family wrote on a crowdfunding page they were camping at Lee Vining when Fry began having consistent headaches over five days. One day, he woke up with a 104-degree fever... ...Fry remains in critical condition has he continues to battle the rare virus that is usually spread through deer mice droppings. The 22-year-old worked as a tour guide at Bodie State Park in California, a ghost town about 100 miles from Yosemite National Park.
The Department of Parks and Recreations has not confirmed Fry contracted the disease during his stay at the state park, but his family said the guides knew there were deer mice in the cabins...
Man contracts hantavirus after staying in cabins at California park, family says
Published July 18, 2017
Fox News
A man was hospitalized with hantavirus, a rare and potentially fatal rodent-borne respiratory disease he may have contracted after staying in cabins at California parks, his family said.
Spencer Fly, 22, began having symptoms of the disease during the Fourth of July weekend, his family told Fox 40. The family wrote on a crowdfunding page they were camping at Lee Vining when Fry began having consistent headaches over five days. One day, he woke up with a 104-degree fever... ...Fry remains in critical condition has he continues to battle the rare virus that is usually spread through deer mice droppings. The 22-year-old worked as a tour guide at Bodie State Park in California, a ghost town about 100 miles from Yosemite National Park.
The Department of Parks and Recreations has not confirmed Fry contracted the disease during his stay at the state park, but his family said the guides knew there were deer mice in the cabins...