The heart becomes overworked. Blood leaks from every orifice and into the intestines, lungs, stomach, eyes, and beneath the skin. Incubation is similar to Yellow Fever. The most common symptom in the United States is hypertension with chronic kidney failure. In the Four Corners outbreak, the disease had a very mild onset with flu-like symptoms, developing into lung hemorrhaging causing the infected person to suffocate in his or her own blood.
Transmission is from animal to human.
Over 63 bird and rodent vectors have been identified for the 70 known strains of the virus. Scientists have concluded that the outbreak in the Four Corners area was due to a ten-fold increase in the population of the deer mouse and not to a virus mutation. The Hantavirus Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Hepatitis Viral hepatitis is a disease caused by a virus that inflames the liver. The disease may manifest itself as either an acute or chronic illness, depending on the duration of inflammation. Typically, acute cases subside as the body's defenses overcome the virus, and the symptoms do not recur.