HOMETOWN HEALTH: Hantavirus outbreak reaches 11 cases; local expert says strain differs from COVID-19

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) – A Hantavirus outbreak has reached 11 reported cases, with nine confirmed. Three people on a cruise ship have died from the virus.

Luis Escobar, a wildlife disease expert at Virginia Tech, studies viruses in animals, including Hantavirus.

“In all the continents, we know that there are different types of Hantaviruses and then different regions have their specific strain of Hantaviruses,” Escobar said…

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