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	(Ben Muneta, M.D., M.P.H., Epidemiologist, Indian Health Service) DR. MUNETA: This identification of a mysterious highly fatal illness among the traditional Navajos describing the mouse as the carrier is...
	...strikingly similar to the Hantavirus as it is being now identified.
	Furthermore, the prescriptions of contact of the mouse and isolation of the food supplies and keeping the mouse out of the hogans fall in line with current public health recommendations on control of this illness.

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