The New Mexico Department of Health has announced the year’s first case of hantavirus in New Mexico.
According to the department, the first person to get hantavirus was a man in San Juan County. That person was hospitalized due to the virus. He has since been released and is recovering at home.
The health department says that deer mice are the primary carriers of hantavirus and are commonly found in mice droppings and urine.
Symptoms of hantavirus usually happen within one to six weeks after exposure.