Wife Speaks out about Hantavirus Death Sep 5, 2008
com North Dakota News. com North Dakota News. (Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck)
City mourns Sgt. Ng Aug 23, 2008
Ng, the employee of the year for the EPD's patrol division in 2007, died Aug. 15 -- 11 years to the day from his EPD hire date -- from what is believed to be hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. He was 34. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Legislature Feb 5, 2008
-HB 1259 appropriate money to detect and prevent Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. 8 a.m. Senate Appropriations. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Rodents Head Indoors for Fall and Winter Sep 8, 2007
Some of these diseases, such as Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome and the plague are potentially deadly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HPS, which is spread through the airborne urine, saliva or fecal material of infected deer mice, has been identified in 30 states during the last 14 years. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
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In the past week, three people have died of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome a disease found in deer mice. There are six known cases of the disease in the state. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Continue reading Feb 3, 2007
Included with a host of scary sounding names like "Crimean-Congo haemorraghic fever virus" and "hantavirus pulmonary syndrome" is the fungus known scientifically as "coccidioides immitis." That's the technical name for the microscopic mold spores that lurk in local soil and are inhaled as they become airborne. The result is an infection that can cause aching joints, pneumonia, hospitalization and - in some cases - death. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
