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	RISK FACTORS
	SURVIVOR - PAULA: The scariest part about the Hantavirus is the fact that it doesn't seem to pick any certain age group, its young, old, or any nationality.
	(Gayle L. Miller, D.V.M., M.P.H., Epidemiologist, CDC) DR. MILLER: The ages of people who have contracted Hantavirus illness has range from 12 to 69. And the average age has been about 30.
	It's affected both males and females pretty much equally.
	Interestingly, most of these people who had contracted the illness had been healthy and very active prior to their becoming became infected.

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