{"id":24872,"date":"2012-08-28T14:52:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T11:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=24872"},"modified":"2012-08-28T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T13:08:12","slug":"deadly-virus-alert-at-california-us-news-24872","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/deadly-virus-alert-at-california-us-news-24872\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly virus alert at California \/ US News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Officials at the Yosemite National Park California have discovered a second person has died from hantavirus.<\/h1>\n

Officials at the Yosemite National Park in California are warning past visitors to be aware of symptoms like flu-like aches, fever and dizziness.<\/p>\n

Health officials learned over the past weekend of the second hantavirus death, which killed a person who visited the park in June, spokesman Scott Gediman said in a statement.<\/p>\n

There is one other confirmed case of the illness, and a fourth is being investigated.<\/p>\n

Park officials are particularly appealing to visitors who stayed in tent cabins at Curry Village, from mid-June through to the end of August, to beware of any symptoms of hantavirus – which can develop up to five weeks after exposure to urine, droppings or saliva of infected rodents.<\/p>\n

There is no specific treatment for the virus and about one-third of people who contract it will die.<\/p>\n

There is also no evidence that the disease spreads from one person to another.<\/p>\n

Mr Gediman told the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper that, of the 408 tent cabins in the village, 91 are of the “signature” variety where those who became ill stayed.<\/p>\n

It was not clear how many people stayed in the cabins in the period for which park officials issued the warning.<\/p>\n

Mr Gediman said contractors are working on the signature cabins to protect park-goers.<\/p>\n

He said:”They’re doing everything they can to eliminate areas where mice can get into the cabins.<\/p>\n

“This was never because the cabins were dirty, it was never because we didn’t take care of them.<\/p>\n

“This is just because approximately 20% of all deer mice are infected with hantavirus. And they’re here in Yosemite Valley.”<\/p>\n

This year’s deaths mark the first such deaths among park visitors, although two others were stricken in a more remote area in 2000 and 2010.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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