Arakawa may have died first, on Feb. 11, from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare infectious disease that humans can catch from rodents, according to the New Mexico medical investigator’s office.

Rodents can transmit a variety of infections, including Hantavirus. For the state of New Mexico, a total of 135 Hantavirus ...

One hundred hantavirus infections with exposure in California have been identified between 1980 and 2025, and 34% of these cases were fatal, according to the California Department of Public Health ...

The hantavirus also appears to prevent apoptosis—when the body kills cells in response viral infection—so the body is unable to get rid of infected cells as efficiently, which prolongs the virus.

The virus can cause a severe and sometimes deadly lung infection called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In Europe, hantavirus disease or hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is an endemic zoonosis that affects tens of thousands of individuals each year. The causative agents are viruses of the genus ...

It is a zoonosis, that is, an infectious disease that is normally transmitted between animals and humans when a bank vole, for instance, releases Puumala hantavirus via its saliva, urine, and feces.

Nevertheless, human–human transmission of hantavirus has been reported in Argentina and Chile. [11, 12] In humans, the infection is transient and, apparently, only some infected individuals, but ...

A suspected hantavirus infection has been reported in King County in the state of Washington. Hantavirus causes the deadly lung disease hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and the virus is spread by ...

Source Reference: Ravi-Caldwell N, et al "First reports of locally transmitted Seoul hantavirus infection -- District of Columbia, May 2018-December 2018" MMWR 2022; DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7109a3.

Officials say infection is rare, but still urge others to contact their local health department if they need to report a case. Here’s everything to know about the Sin Nombre hantavirus.