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marmar

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Fri Aug 17, 2012, 08:48 AM Aug 2012

Yosemite Tourist Contracts Rodent Disease, Dies

FRESNO, Calif. — A popular lodging area in Yosemite National Park could be linked to a rare rodent-borne disease that has killed a California tourist who stayed there this summer, officials said.

A man who stayed at Curry Village in June died after contracting hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. A woman who also stayed in a canvas tent cabin about 100 feet from him on overlapping days has become seriously ill, park officials said.

The virus was found in the feces of deer mice in the family friendly lodging area of cabins, according to tests by the Centers for Disease Control and state health officials.

"There's no way to tell for sure, but state health officials feel they may have contracted it here in Curry Village," park spokesman Scott Gediman said. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20120816/US.Yosemite.Rodent.Disease/?cid=hero_media



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