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This photograph shows a left lateral view of a North American deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus. This rodent is a principal reservoir of Sin Nombre virus, a species of the genus Hantavirus, which causes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), also known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), in humans.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Margaret A. Persons
Creation Date: 1965
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