Hantavirus is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness spread by infected deer mice. Humans catch the illness from ...

A deer mouse collected in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park earlier this month tested positive for hantavirus, a potentially deadly virus that can infect people, county officials said Monday. Officials ...

Human cases of hantavirus — which spreads through contact with infected deer mice — are rare. Fewer than 100 California residents have been diagnosed with the respiratory illness since 1980 ...

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is a rare but potentially deadly illness primarily spread through contact with infected deer mouse droppings, urine or saliva. All three cases this year involved ...