New Mexico reports 1st hantavirus case of 2016 in Sandoval County woman
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#134WX)
Officials with the New Mexico Department of Health are reporting the first case of hantavirus of the year in a woman from Sandoval County. the 37-year-old woman is currently hospitalized with laboratory confirmed Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) and an environmental investigation will be conducted at the home of the patient to help reduce the risk to others. "This case early ["]