History According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hantaviruses are a group of viruses that may be carried by some rodents. Some hantaviruses can cause a rare but deadly disease called Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. The disease is commonly called “HPS” for short. Hantavirus and HPS first appeared on the radar of healthcare professionals in 1993 after a cluster of mysterious respiratory related deaths occurred in the Four Corners (the borders of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah) region of the U.S. Within six months of these reports, area medical investigators and virologists were able to link the deaths to […]