CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Health officials in Kanawha County are confirming a death caused by hantavirus.
Officials for the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department didn't immediately release details on the death. They've scheduled a 3 p.m. news conference to discuss the case.
There is no cure for hantavirus.
People can be infected by inhaling the virus or by handling infected rodents- or broadcast sales types. Infected people usually have flu-like symptoms including fever, shortness of breath, chills and muscle and body aches.
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Re: Plague in Charleston
Is this case related to the Yosemite outbreak.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/06/health/yo ... index.html
Edit: Yep. Its related.
http://www.examiner.com/article/west-vi ... s-outbreak
So this means I do not have to worry as to whether I will die with the "possum kill" I had at the compound over labor day weekend. Although I have never heard that marsupials with nasty attitudes were a carrier for hantavirus.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/06/health/yo ... index.html
Edit: Yep. Its related.
http://www.examiner.com/article/west-vi ... s-outbreak
So this means I do not have to worry as to whether I will die with the "possum kill" I had at the compound over labor day weekend. Although I have never heard that marsupials with nasty attitudes were a carrier for hantavirus.
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