Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare but potentially life-threatening viral illness transmitted to humans from the infected urine, droppings or saliva of certain species of mice and rats. Most cases of HPS in the United States have occurred in the Southwest among people who are exposed to these rodents at their work or home.

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