A New Mexico family is mourning the loss of a 27-year-old mother who had spent weeks fighting for her life after contracting a rare rodent-borne virus. Hantavirus is a rare disease that is typically spread through contact with infected deer mice or their droppings or urine. “This virus starts attacking your body, it damages your organs,” Julie Barron, Lane’s mother, had previously told Fox News. “Kiley courageously fought a battle to survive a deadly virus for weeks at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. “It’s not like she was digging through a dumpster or around infected rodents,” Barron previously told Fox News.

Source: Fox News April 27, 2018 15:00 UTC