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)
Full Story » Jul 25, 2007
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)
Pine Valley mice test positive for hantavirus Dec 28, 2006
When the virus becomes airborne, it can be inhaled by humans and cause Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, a rare illness that can be fatal, he said. The disease, which has no specific treatment, progresses from flu-like symptoms to coughing and shortness of breath and then severe breathing difficulties. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Gujarat: it's a leptospirosis epidemic Aug 26, 2006
State Health Secretary Amarjit Singh, quoting the final report from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, said all tests carried out on the human and rodent samples for plague or Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, also spread by rodents, had been found negative. The report was sent by NICD Director-General Shiv Lal. (Hindu)
Natural Selections: The Potential Pandemic You've Never Heard Of Aug 26, 2006
Others are Ebola in Africa, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in North America, Venezuelan equine encephalitis in South America, Hendra disease in Australia, and lethal avian flu in Asia. Why are these diseases appearing now. (Discover Magazine)
Health Dept clears air: NICD has confirmed it is not plague Aug 26, 2006
Authorities also denied the Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), stating that the youth who died in Surat was suffering from viral haemorrhagic fever. . (Ahmedabad Newsline)
Plague may revisit flood-hit Surat » Aug 24, 2006
Plague may revisit flood-hit Surat : HindustanTimes. Wednesday, August 23, 2006. (Hindustan Times, India)
Not shooting the breeze Aug 22, 2006
Some hantaviruses cause the highly lethal disease hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, or HPS, which is transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings or saliva. The hantaviruses also cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). (Frederick News-Post)
Man Staying At AFA Camp Dies From Hantavirus Jul 22, 2006
The outbreak led to the identification of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. There have been 48 cases in Colorado between 1993 and 2005 and fewer than 450 cases have been recorded nationwide, Pape said. (CBS 4, CO)
Increased Risk Of Hantavirus Forecast For U.S. Southwest Jul 15, 2006
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a rare but deadly respiratory disease caused by exposure to a variety of hantaviruses ... (October 24, 2003) -- For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that an experimental vaccine to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), a highly lethal disease, elicits a strong neutralizing antibody response in. (Science Daily)
Elko hantavirus death prompts health officials to urge precautions Jul 4, 2006
The warning followed the death of an Elko resident from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome ... Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome was discovered in the United States in 1993. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
Respiratory Virus Cases on Rise in Western U.S. Jun 10, 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Between January and March of this year, health departments from Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, and Washington State reported an increased incidence of a respiratory viral infection, called human hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Human hantavirus infection follows exposure to the virus in rodent saliva or feces. (MEDLINEplus)
Hantavirus concern grows Jun 9, 2006
Early symptoms of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome can include fever, muscle aches, nausea, cough and abdominal pain. The symptoms appear to begin one to five weeks after exposure. (USA Today -- News)
Health Department Issues Hantavirus Warning May 26, 2006
The Arizona Department of Health Services urged the public to take precautions when living or working in rodent infested areas, following the confirmation of seven cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome this year ... "These cases represent the most Hantavirus activity in Arizona since the outbreak of 1993-1994, when hantavirus pulmonary syndrome was first discovered in the Four Corners Region." Arizona had 10 cases in each of those years. (KPHO.com, AZ)
State Officials Report First 2006 Hantavirus Case May 12, 2006
Epidemiologist John Pape said an investigation was under way to determine how the man was exposed to the disease, officially called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. A Saguache resident died from hantavirus in May of last year, a couple of weeks after noticing increasing numbers of mice. (CBS 4, CO)
Authorities confirm year's first hantavirus casePosted on May 3 May 4, 2006
It is the 26th case of the sometimes deadly hantavirus pulmonary syndrome reported in humans in Montana since 1993, according to Elton Mosher, a disease surveillance specialist with the agency. Regional Travel Planning. (Missoulian, MT)
Authorities confirm year’s first case of Hantavirus May 4, 2006
It is the 26th case of the sometimes deadly hantavirus pulmonary syndrome reported in humans in Montana since 1993, according to Elton Mosher, a disease surveillance specialist with the agency. People can get hantavirus by inhaling airborne particles from dried droppings, saliva or urine of infected deer mice, the department said. (Helena Independent Record)
Experimental Vaccine Protects Nonhuman Primates When Given After Exposure To Marburg Virus Apr 28, 2006
(October 24, 2003) -- For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that an experimental vaccine to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), a highly lethal disease, elicits a strong neutralizing antibody response in. . (Science Daily)
