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Weld County resident dies from hantavirus
Associated Press - March 2, 2010 8:54 PM ET
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - Colorado health officials say Weld County recorded its second ever death caused by the hantavirus carried by deer mice.
The death happened last month but officials said Tuesday that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment did blood tests and confirmed this week that the person had contracted the virus. The person's name was not released.
It is the fifth case ever documented in the county.
The disease is most prominent in rural areas and people contract the virus when they breathe in contaminated dust particles containing the feces or urine of deer mice, also known as rural mice.
Symptoms start within two to three weeks after exposure and include vomiting, high fever, and flu-like body aches.
Weld County resident dies from hantavirus
Associated Press - March 2, 2010 8:54 PM ET
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - Colorado health officials say Weld County recorded its second ever death caused by the hantavirus carried by deer mice.
The death happened last month but officials said Tuesday that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment did blood tests and confirmed this week that the person had contracted the virus. The person's name was not released.
It is the fifth case ever documented in the county.
The disease is most prominent in rural areas and people contract the virus when they breathe in contaminated dust particles containing the feces or urine of deer mice, also known as rural mice.
Symptoms start within two to three weeks after exposure and include vomiting, high fever, and flu-like body aches.