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)
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)
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)
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)
