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Canada - B.C. man died from Hantavirus, Yukon officials confirm

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B.C. man died from Hantavirus, Yukon officials confirm

Gerhard Holmok, 45, died from virus earlier this month in Whitehorse

CBC News
Posted: Jan 28, 2013 4:48 PM CST
Last Updated: Jan 28, 2013 5:43 PM CST

Health officials from B.C. and Yukon are in Atlin, B.C., today looking for the source of a deadly case of Hantavirus.
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Officials confirmed the virus was responsible for the death of Gerhard Holmok, 45, earlier this month. Holmok died suddenly Jan. 9 at the Whitehorse hospital.

Doctor Ronald Chapman, the Chief Medical Health officer for northern B.C., said the Atlin death is the most northerly case of Hantavirus ever diagnosed in the province.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/01/28/north-hantavirus-yukon-bc.html
 
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