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Sin Nombre virus
The Sin Nombre virus (SNV) is the prototypical etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS). SNV occurs wherever its reservoir rodent carrier, the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) is found, which includes essentially the entire United States except for the far southeastern region from eastern Texas through Florida. SNV and HCPS are especially common in western states; peak incidences for HCPS has been reported in regions in which there is a lot of contact between humans and mice (New Mexico, Arizona) and in states with exceptionally large rural populations such as California. All of the western provinces of Canada have also reported cases. SNV can be contracted through the inhalation of virus-contaminated deer mouse excreta.
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