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	NARRATOR: There are other Hantavirus Diseases found throughout the world. The viruses that cause these diseases are each transmitted by a different type of rodent.
	But none of the other viruses are as deadly as the virus that causes Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. In fact, over 50% of the people who get it die from it.

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