Man who survived hantavirus 24 years ago, but lost mom and sister, recounts experience

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Man who survived hantavirus 24 years ago, but lost mom and sister, recounts experience

Twenty-four years ago, Arizona photojournalist Gilbert Zermeño, who contracted hantavirus after losing both his mother and sister to the illness, says news of the recent outbreak has been hard to …

Twenty-four years ago, Arizona photojournalist Gilbert Zermeño, who contracted hantavirus after losing both his mother and sister to the illness, says news of the recent outbreak has been hard to process. "I imagine I got the same feeling that every person who's ever contracted hantavirus and still deals with the effects afterwards of it," Zermeño told CBS News' "The Daily Report." "It takes you back, and it's no less painful now than it was back then. It's hard. …

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