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False E-mail Report: Hantavirus Spread by Contact
With Soda Cans or Grocery Packages -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received several inquiries about an e-mail report of a stock
clerk who became infected with hantavirus while working in a storeroom. According to the e-mail message, the
infection resulted from exposure to dried rodent droppings that were contaminated with hantavirus. The e-mail message
warns the reader to take precautions when handling items such as soda cans and grocery packages (for example,
cereal boxes) because they may be contaminated with hantavirus. The e-mail report is untrue. CDC could not
substantiate this report of a hantavirus infection, nor has CDC been asked to participate in an investigation of the
incident described in the e-mail.
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