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(Hantavirus, once known as Korean hemorrhagic fever, and leptospirosis – which can cause liver and kidney failure – are of particular concern.)
Boing Boing 2009
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I am sick with the Komodo Dragon Hantavirus, but I am at peace.
BOX OFFICE: 'RED' bucks Pilgrim's fate with $22M debut; 'JACKASS' wins weekend Michael Cavna 2010
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Hares and rabbits harbour Hantavirus, lamb is infested with a skin disease known as Scabies in which sheep are covered with scabs and yet often still sold to you to put the scabs and mutton in your mouth.
Top 4 Enjoyable Unusual Meats You Should Try | Manolith 2010
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Hantavirus was named after the Hantaan River in Korea, as it was discovered during the Korean War.
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Depending on the location, climate change is expected to increase smog episodes, water - and food-borne contamination, diseases transmitted by insects (such as Lyme disease, West Nile Virus and Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome), and the intensity of extreme weather events (hurricanes such as Katrina, which devastated the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico in August 2005).
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Coming to your backyard with a warming climate are dengue fever, malaria, yellow fever, Hantavirus, leptospirosis, Japanese B Encephalitis, elephantiasis, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease.
Jeff Schweitzer: Transition Topic V: Free Lunch, Climate Change and Human Health 2008
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A decade ago, severe drought in the southwest reduced predator populations, leading to an explosion of white-footed mice, which carry Hantavirus, leading to a then-unprecedented breakout of that disease in the Four Corners region.
Jeff Schweitzer: Transition Topic V: Free Lunch, Climate Change and Human Health 2008
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Recent deaths from the Hantavirus strain in California, Louisiana and Texas have brought a morbid relief to the Navajos of Arizona and New Mexico, among whom the deadly disease first appeared this spring.
Countering Bias 2008
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Hantavirus is nothing funny and not worth risking your or your family's health for.
High Concept Week Interlude: Rats! David Campbell 2007
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What about new infectious diseases like West Nile virus and Hantavirus?
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