Live hantavirus is carried by more than 30 New Mexico small mammal species

Live hantavirus is carried by more than 30 New Mexico small mammal species

Source: Medical Xpress

Ever since 1993, when a deadly disease outbreak in the Four Corners first revealed the presence of hantavirus in North America, New Mexicans have been warned to be on the lookout for deer mice, which harbor the microbe and can spread it through their droppings.

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