Sin Nombre virus

Name(s): 
SNV disease
Nature 
Sin Nombre virus is a causative agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), which rapidly kills approximately half of those infected.
Incidence 
HPS was unknown in the the USA until 1993, where it is hosted by the deer mouse [Peromyscus maniculatus]. SNV infection has since been found in deer mice throughout North America north of Mexico, with the exception of Alaska.
Aggravated by 
Type 
(G) Very specific problems