Yosemite National Park scaled up its public health response and outreach as a result of six confirmed cases of the rare hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in individuals who stayed in 'Signature Tent' campsites in June. The National Park Service Office of Public Health is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to heighten public health awareness and detection and has contacted anyone who stayed in the insulated, double wall tent cabins this summer.
Hotel and campground visitors are not affected. The Ahwahnee Hotel and the Wawona Hotel have not been reported with any issues by the National Park Service. Hantavirus is most commonly reported in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
Hantavirus affected only six people out of three thousand campers who stayed in the new, insulated glamping tents where deer mice were able to 'move in' between the walls. It is a rare but serious disease that occurs throughout the United States and is caused by contact with virus in the urine, droppings or saliva of infected deer mice. The types of Hantavirus that cause HPS in the United States cannot be transmitted from one person to another. Early medical attention is critical for individuals who contract Hantavirus because there is no known cure.
"Early medical attention and diagnosis of Hantavirus are critical," stated Don Neubacher, Superintendent of Yosemite National Park. "We urge anyone who may have been exposed to the infection to see their doctor at the first sign of symptoms and to advise them of the potential of Hantavirus."
The National Park Service Office of Public Health has confirmed six cases of Hantavirus, of which two cases have resulted in fatalities. The other four individuals are improving or recovered.
An extensive outreach effort is underway by Yosemite National Park to contact visitors who stayed in the "Signature Tent Cabins" at Yosemite's Curry Village since mid-June where four of the confirmed cases stayed. Approximately 3,000 visitors have been contacted to inform them of the recent cases of Hantavirus and to advise them to seek immediate medical attention if they exhibit any symptoms of the virus.
Two meetings were held in Yosemite on August 29 to discuss awareness and precautions related to Hantavirus. "The important to budget travel is to prepare in advance. When it occurs to family trips, globetrotting, well-deserved holidays and/or going to see new destinations we have never been before, the truth of expense and budgeting is generally in the back of our heads. Preparation and expending our travel budget correctly is a consideration for most families. Minimizing expending and prices, while still experiencing your vacation to its fullest, is the key to confirmed achievements and fiscal liability. Your pocketbook and family will thank you! The thought regarding economizing money while travelling is simple: Even if your personal budget is incredibly tight, you can still take a break and enjoy life! Simply put, life is just too short to never step out of the door or leaving the homestead! Also keeping in mind that while traveling, regardless of whether on a finances or not, even the smallest of things can all add op to a big vacation or travel charge!..". In addition, a non-emergency phone line has been set up-for questions and concerns related to Hantavirus in Yosemite (209) 372-0822. The phones are staffed from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. Hantavirus information is distributed to every visitor entering Yosemite and notices are posted throughout the park.
"The park and public health officials are contacting visitors and raising awareness in the medical community to increase the chances that any additional cases that may be incubating will be successfully diagnosed and treated early," stated Dr. Danielle Buttke, an epidemiologist with the National Park Service Office of Public Health.
Most infections are caused by breathing small particles of mouse urine or droppings stirred up into the air. If the virus is contracted, the symptoms appear one to six weeks after exposure with fever, headache, and muscle ache, and progresses rapidly to severe difficulty in breathing and, in some thirty-six percent of cases, death. Three hundred ninety cases have been reported in the past 18 years..
The National Park Service has closed all the Signature Tent Cabins at Yosemite and intensified building inspections and assessments and cleanings throughout the park.
For additional information on preventing HPS, visit the CDC's Hantavirus website at http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/index.html.
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