NYS: Suspected case of hantavirus in Adirondacks- confirmed

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Source: http://www.uticaod.com/latestnews/x2...in-Adirondacks


NY state probes case of hantavirus in Adirondacks
By FRANK ELTMAN
Observer-Dispatch
Posted Oct 12, 2012 @ 03:35 PM

STONY BROOK ?

A New York professor is suspected of contracting the potentially deadly hantavirus during a hiking trip in the Adirondacks, although doctors said Friday they are awaiting confirmation of lab tests that were sent to the state health department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The results are expected next week...

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Re: NYS: Suspected case of hantavirus in Adirondacks

Source: http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com....html?nav=5008

Hantavirus may have come from Adirondack mouse bite (2nd update)
Health Department looks into man's claim he got it in a High Peaks lean-to
October 12, 2012
By MIKE LYNCH - Outdoors Writer (mlynch@adirondackdailyenterprise.com) , Adirondack Daily Enterprise

LAKE PLACID - The state Department of Health is investigating a Long Island man's claim that he contracted the hantavirus from a mouse bite in an Adirondack lean-to.

Michael Vaughan is a 72-year-old research associate professor at the Mineral Physics Institute at Stony Brook University. He told the Enterprise Thursday that test results he received Oct. 4 showed he had hantavirus, which causes a severe and often fatal illness that affects the respiratory system and prompts flu-like symptoms...

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Re: NYS: Suspected case of hantavirus in Adirondacks- confirmed

Source: http://www.wbng.com/news/state/Case-...175309761.html

Case of Hantavirus Confirmed in New York State
By WBNG News
October 22, 2012 Updated Oct 22, 2012 at 5:58 PM EDT

(WBNG Binghamton) The New York State Department of Health announced Monday it has received laboratory confirmation of a hantavirus case in New York State...