"We believe that deer mouse numbers are high this year in Mammoth ... Mono County has reported 27 cases of hantavirus since 1993, the most of any county in California. Has hantavirus been detected in ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Hantavirus is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness spread by infected deer ...

“We believe that deer mouse numbers are high this year in Mammoth ... the statement said — more than any other county in California. The vast majority of cases detected in the United States ...

Sweeping up mouse droppings can cause the virus to become airborne ... exposed to the virus while working in the forest or on a construction site. Deer mice are common in California’s Eastern Sierra ...

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Health officials in Mono County, California, said three people died ... “We believe that deer mouse numbers are high this year in Mammoth (and probably elsewhere in the Eastern Sierra).