Main » 2012 » August » 16 » Rare virus causes Yosemite visitor's death
1:12 PM
Rare virus causes Yosemite visitor's death
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The California Department of Health announced that one person has died and another has been diagnosed with a hantavirus infection after vacationing at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park.
The two campers were both diagnosed with the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), which is a virus passed by exposure to mice droppings or urine. Officials believe they two people may been exposed to the virus while vacationing in Yosemite in June. The two people were not together, but were camping near each other at the same period of time. Both people came down with the HPS virus in July.
Main 
