New Mexico reports 6th hantavirus case and 4th death of 2016
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#1JXNR)
New Mexico health officials have reported the fourth fatality due to Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in 2016 in a 20-year-old woman from Torrance County. This is the sixth hantavirus case of the year in the state. Hantavirus infection is a deadly disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings or saliva. People can contract the disease ["]