the Star-Tribune staff | Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:00 am
CHEYENNE - A second Carbon County resident died from hantavirus in the last week, the Wyoming Department of Health reported today.
Preliminary test results point to the virus as the cause of death of the unnamed Carbon County woman, the agency said in a press release. Hantavirus also killed a Carbon County man last week.
"This is the second Wyoming case with this disease
There have been eight cases of hantavirus in Wyoming since 2000, with half resulting in death.
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reported to us within the last week," said Dr. Stacey Anderson, an epidemiologist and veterinarian with the Department of Health's preventive health and safety division. "However, we have no indication the two cases are linked."