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Hantavirus kills U.S. airman
El Paso, Texas | February 28, 2006 12:01:13 AM IST
Intensive cleaning is under way at U.S. military-range housing in New Mexico in the wake of the hantavirus death of an Arizona serviceman, reports said.
Senior Airman Leonard Hankerson Jr., 24, who was with the 56th Security Forces Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., died Feb. 11 at Texas' Beaumont Army Medical Center of problems related to the disease spread by rodents, the El Paso (Texas) Times and Oakland (Calif.) Tribune reported.
The Oakland Tribune reported military personnel stationed at McGregor Range played with numerous dead mice in the military housing that is part of the U.S. Army's Fort Bliss, Texas, base.
Seven other military personnel had been treated for flu-like symptoms, four of which tested negative for the virus.
McGregor Range housing had been cleaned with bleach and similar cleaning was set for the Dona Ana Range also in New Mexico, a military spokeswoman said.
Greg Goff, whose airman stepson also was in the McGregor barracks, told the El Paso Times that the buildings should have been (bull)dozed because of roof holes and other disrepair.
(UPI)
Hantavirus kills U.S. airman
El Paso, Texas | February 28, 2006 12:01:13 AM IST
Intensive cleaning is under way at U.S. military-range housing in New Mexico in the wake of the hantavirus death of an Arizona serviceman, reports said.
Senior Airman Leonard Hankerson Jr., 24, who was with the 56th Security Forces Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., died Feb. 11 at Texas' Beaumont Army Medical Center of problems related to the disease spread by rodents, the El Paso (Texas) Times and Oakland (Calif.) Tribune reported.
The Oakland Tribune reported military personnel stationed at McGregor Range played with numerous dead mice in the military housing that is part of the U.S. Army's Fort Bliss, Texas, base.
Seven other military personnel had been treated for flu-like symptoms, four of which tested negative for the virus.
McGregor Range housing had been cleaned with bleach and similar cleaning was set for the Dona Ana Range also in New Mexico, a military spokeswoman said.
Greg Goff, whose airman stepson also was in the McGregor barracks, told the El Paso Times that the buildings should have been (bull)dozed because of roof holes and other disrepair.
(UPI)