Rodents can transmit a variety of infections, including Hantavirus. For the state of New Mexico, a total of 135 Hantavirus ...

The report comes weeks after New Mexico's medical investigator ruled Betsy Arakawa died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare disease linked to rodents.

New Mexico had the highest number over that time, at 122. The disease is also contractible in other countries and on other continents, but most cases are in western states in the USA.