Arizona officials warning about spread of potentially fatal hantavirus

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Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...tal-rcna162593

Arizona officials warning about spread of potentially fatal hantavirus
An increase in infections in the state may be due to seasonal changes in rodent populations.
July 23, 2024, 10:02 AM EDT
By Shiv Sudhakar, M.D.

Arizona public health officials are warning that hantavirus, a virus spread by rodents to humans, is causing an increase in a potentially fatal lung syndrome. There have been seven confirmed cases and three deaths in the past six months, according to a recent health alert...

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Deadly Rat Disease Spreads to Humans, Kills 4 In US

Updated: July 25, 2024 6:11 pm IST
Edited by Nikhil Pandey

A health alert has been issued in the state of Arizona, in the United States, after a rodent-borne hantavirus killed four people. The virus spreads to humans through droplets from the urine, saliva, or faeces of the rats.

From January to July, the Arizona Department of Health Services documented seven instances of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, a serious and occasionally lethal respiratory disease.

Two cases related to this deadly virus have also been found in California. ...

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