Wyoming Health Dept. warns of hantavirus during spring cleaning

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Wyoming Health Dept. warns of hantavirus during spring cleaning

CASPER, Wyo. — Hantavirus, a serious infection which spread by mice, remains a public health threat, according to a press release from the Wyoming Department of Health on Thursday. “Though Wyoming doesn’t see many hantavirus cases, it certainly can be a serious illness,” Health Department epidemiologist Courtney Tillman said. “About 40 percent of infections will lead to death.” Since 1999, 18 human hantavirus cases, including seven that resulted…