Hantavirus in Yosemite: 230,000 more visitors notified

September 13, 2012 
Yosemite National Park has again broadened its outreach regarding a recent outbreak of hantavirus, sending notifications to an additional 230,000 people who stayed at the park since early June.

Park officials have already sent thousands of letters to those who stayed overnight in the "signature tent cabins" of Curry Village and lodging in the High Sierra Loop, where eight cases of hantavirus have been traced since mid-June. Three of those cases were fatal.

The new letter, which some recent visitors received via email Wednesday, was sent "because we have heard from concerned guests" who stayed elsewhere, according to a Yosemite statement.

"As you may be aware, Yosemite has been in the news recently related to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome," the letter begins. "Your recent overnight visit to Yosemite did not include a stay in lodging where the known hantavirus infections might have occur..  http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/09/hantavirus-yosemite-230000-more-visitors-notified.html