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Doctors warn that hantavirus, a rare infection that could lead to serious health complications and is primarily contracted through exposure to rodent droppings, can escalate rapidly from flu-like symptoms to respiratory failure, as demonstrated by cases like that of Jordan Herbst, who struggled for years to recover after being diagnosed with the virus at age 14. #Hantavirus #InfectionAwareness #HealthRisks #US #CA #JM #CO #NY #MD #UK #AE #EU #AS

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How a Hantavirus Infection Feels: 'You Just Can't Get the Air In'
Doctors say that the virus, which is rare, can quickly progress from flulike symptoms to something far more serious. Jordan Herbst was 14 years old when he came down with what he thought was the flu.