May 13, 2024 · People get hantavirus from contact with rodents like rats and mice, especially when exposed to their urine, droppings, and saliva. It can also spread through a bite or scratch by a rodent, …

May 23, 2024 · Clinical providers should test for hantavirus in individuals with symptoms consistent with hantavirus infection and rodent exposure. CDC can assist clinical providers in diagnosing and testing …

May 13, 2024 · Rodent control is the primary strategy for preventing hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), a disease caused by infection with certain hantaviruses. Wild rodents near human …

May 23, 2024 · The most common hantavirus that causes HPS in the U.S. is spread by the deer mouse. People can contract hantavirus if they have contact with urine, feces or saliva of a rodent carrying the …

Jun 26, 2024 · Find out about reported cases of hantavirus in the U.S. and where it occurs most frequently.

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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a severe, sometimes fatal, respiratory disease in humans caused by infection with hantaviruses. Hantaviruses most commonly spread to people when they …

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May 20, 2024 · Anyone who comes into contact with rodents that carry hantaviruses is at risk of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). Read more about this syndrome caused by hantaviruses.

Jun 30, 2025 · Hantavirus disease (disease caused by either HPS or non-HPS hantavirus infection) is a nationally notifiable condition. CDC monitors notifiable conditions at the national level to understand …