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Hantavirus 101: What it is and why experts aren’t panicking

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Every spring, the province puts out a warning about hantavirus, which can spread through contact with dust contaminated by deer mouse droppings or urine, is rare but can cause severe and sometimes fatal illness in humans. But it's making bigger headlines following the outbreak on a cruise ship. Dr. Joseph Blondeau, Saskatoon clinical microbiologist and Head of Clinical Microbiology at RUH and the University of Saskatchewan, joins the show to explain how the strain in Saskatchewan is different than the one contracted on the cruise ship and why the risk to the public remains low.
11 May 10AM English Canada News Commentary

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