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	DR. SERVI: At the present time there's no specific treatment for the Hantavirus infection, What we do know is that if patients are recognized early...
	...and are taken to an intensive care unit, some patients may do better with this form of treatment.
	(Norma, wife of survivor): NORMA: When I would talk with the nurses and some of the doctors -- a lot of it was the nurses -- they would say that you were lucky to get him in when you did because he wasn't under a lot of distress, you got him in right before he got the full impact. And we were able to start the medicine right away, whereas a lot of the individuals who died from the disease came in when they were under full distress and it was really hard for them to do anything for them.

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