Gene Hackman
Uncommon Virus That Killed Actor’s Spouse Kills 3 Extra in California
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The uncommon hantavirus — that few had heard of earlier than it killed Gene Hackman‘s spouse — has killed extra individuals … this time in California.
Three victims within the city of Mammoth Lakes succumbed to hantavirus … which is what killed the actor’s spouse, Betsy Arakawa.
The Mono County Well being and Human Companies Public Well being Division introduced this week the third loss of life attributable to HPS within the city about 330 miles east of San Francisco.
Dr. Tom Boo, Mono County Public Well being Officer, mentioned he discovered the most recent case involving hantavirus “tragic and alarming” … and would not perceive the place the deceased particular person would have contacted it.
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As you recognize … Gene and Betsy had been discovered useless of their New Mexico residence on Feb. 26 — with Betsy’s explanation for loss of life decided to be hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). HPS is attributable to hantavirus.
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Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, an infectious illness knowledgeable and professor on the Keck Faculty of Drugs of USC, informed TMZ on the time … hantavirus impacts the physique quick, and since signs current themselves as a chest chilly — and the virus is so uncommon — it’s typically misdiagnosed.
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Hantavirus spreads to people from rat/mouse poop and urine, which often is contracted when somebody cleans the attic or basement … and it kills one in three individuals, Dr. Klausner tells us.
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Betsy referred to as a medical concierge service on February 12 — the day after officers concluded she died.
