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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Tracking a Mystery: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

For Students 9th - 10th
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site offers a detailed account of the 1993 outbreak in the western US that lead to discovery of a new disease linked to "a previously unknown type of hantavirus." Many related pages with...
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Virus Carried by Mice Is a Mysterious Killer

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1995 article details the case of a 55-year-old man who died of a hantavirus infection after an outing in the Sierra Nevada. Discusses mortality rate, carriers, ways to decrease risk.
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Handout
Other

New Mexico Health Department: Hantavirus

For Students 9th - 10th
This page details the mortality rate (43%), symptoms, testing, treatment options, and general information on Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. Offers links to related sites.