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Albuquerque – niversity of New Mexico Hospital is treating two more hantavirus patients, bringing the total to six this year.
A 61-year-old woman was admitted last Sunday, and a 62-year-old woman was admitted Wednesday. Both of the women are from southern Colorado and were in critical condition, hospital spokesman Sam Giammo said.
Hantavirus is passed to humans when they inhale particles of dried urine or feces from infected rodents, especially deer mice.
The illness is marked by fever, headache and muscle ache, possibly with chills, nausea and vomiting, and progresses rapidly to severe difficulty in breathing and, in some cases, death. Symptoms develop one to six weeks after exposure.
