[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I still think the Navajo Flu in the Four Corners area was the result of paraquat-laced pot rather than the highly improbable, and yet to be repeated, isolated outbreak of a rodent borne virus - Hanta, which had theretofore never been known to have crossed the Mississippi river.

Hanta's all over the west now. Hundreds of cases have been reported to CDC since 2007.

[Old Professer]

Not in clusters.

From the latest CDC report I could find:

“In 1993, a previously unknown disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), was identified among residents of the southwestern United States (1—3). HPS was subsequently recognized throughout the contiguous United States and the Americas. As of June 6, 2002, a total of 318 cases of HPS have been identified in 31 states, with a case fatality of 37%.* The association of hantaviruses with rodent reservoirs warrants recommendations to minimize exposure to wild rodents. These recommendations are based on current understanding of the epidemiologic features of hantavirus infections in the United States.