Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

In May 1993, an outbreak of an unexplained pulmonary illness occurred in the southwestern United States, in an area shared by Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah known as “The Four Corners”. A young, physically fit Navajo man suffering from shortness of breath was rushed to a hospital in New Mexico and died very rapidly.As of the end of 2021*, 850 cases of hantavirus disease were reported in the United States since surveillance began in 1993.