The Center for Disease Control is warning of anunprecedented computer virus irruption in California , with two support death so far and two more ongoing cases . The computer virus ’ ground zero seems to be in Yosemite Park :
The National Park Service ( NPS ) annunciate that there were 3 reassert cases and 1 probable compositor’s case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome ( HPS ) in visitors who stayed at Curry Village in Yosemite National Park since June of this year . Public health official believe that these visitor may have been exposed to Hantavirus while staying at the Signature Tent Cabins in Curry Village . Two people have break down .
The hantavirus pulmonary syndrome — formerly Korean hemorrahgic fever — is a rarified but often fateful disease , so the CDC is “ advise [ these people ] to try prompt medical care if they demo symptoms of HPS . ” It has an brooding time of two to four weeks in human before thesebone chilling symptomsare attest in various phases .
First , the symptoms seem like influenza mixed with gastrointestinal problem : “ feverishness , chills , sweaty palms , diarrhea , malaise , headaches , sickness , abdominal and back botheration , respiratory problems such as the ones . ” These start “ three to seven 24-hour interval and arise about two to three calendar week after exposure . ”
After that it goes to hell , with a phase that include tachycardia ( abnormally rapid heart pace ) and tachypnea ( abnormally speedy ventilation ) . Then patients “ will modernise difficulty breathing , cough and shortness of breath . ” At this period , the affected role could get into into the “ cardiopulmonary phase angle , where cardiovascular shock can occur , and hospitalization insurance of the patient is require . ”
The CDC and the California Department of Public Health are now work with the National Park Service to asses the situation and make trusted that the irruption is contained . Right now , the authorities are contacting people who stay in these collapsible shelter from mid - June through the end of August .
About 1,700 the great unwashed may have been exposed to the virus during that period . Speaking to theLA Times , Yosemite park ranger Jana McCabe state the outbreak “ unprecedented . ”
We take this extremely earnestly . We need to know what ’s going on .
While there have been other instance of the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the United States since 1993 , according to the CDC ’s Dr. Barbara Knust , it ’s “ very rare ” to find ingeminate cases of the computer virus in the same place , which is why they are aim this so seriously .
The virus may have spread to other countries , as many of the 1,700 masses who bide at the cabins in the Curry Village have since returned to their place of origin . While the disease can not be diffuse from human - to - human contact , the people who have been potentially queer should get themselves checked out immediately . And anyone else should do their best to annul puke — the carriers — at all monetary value .
Above : tent at Yosemite Park ’s Curry Village .
If you are one of these 1700 people and you have begin to experience any of these symptoms , call the CDC at 404 - 639 - 1510 or use their website to cover it .
[ CDC , MSNBC , LA Times , Wikipedia ]
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