The mouse, found on Jan. 3, 2025, marks the county's first case of hantavirus this year. In 2024, officials reported 25 cases of the potentially deadly virus in wild rodents. While hantavirus is ...

which could bring the virus up into the air to be inhaled. If anyone thinks they may have been exposed to Hantavirus, they are urged to seek medical attention immediately.

According to the county, the deer mouse was collected Jan. 3 and tested positive for the potentially deadly virus. Last year, there were a total of 25 cases of the hantavirus in San Diego County.

(File photo KYUSUNG GONG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) A deer mouse collected in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park earlier this month tested positive for hantavirus, a potentially deadly virus that can infect ...

HMPV causes flu-like symptoms. The virus usually affects the upper respiratory system but can sometimes cause lower respiratory infections. HMPV is more common in winter and early spring.

Rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with two main clinical disorders in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary ... both inactivated virus and recombinant ...

Unlike the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, HMPV is a known virus, with established risks and countermeasures. However, it does pose a risk for vulnerable groups, such as ...

Although hantavirus infections are rare, fatality rates are high. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 864 people caught the virus from 1993 through 2020. About a ...

By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen covers global health. Reports of a surge in cases of a respiratory virus in China have evoked dark echoes of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic almost exactly ...

Virus HMPV yang menginfeksi saluran pernapasan ini sudah pernah terdeteksi sebelumnya di Belanda pada tahun 2001. Gejala yang timbul bagi orang yang terinfeksi HMPV hampir mirip dengan orang yang ...

The number of cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus that causes flu-like symptoms, is increasing in China. The country's disease control authority said it was monitoring the ...