Official: Yosemite visitor recovered from virus

Published September 13, 2012 10:37pm ET



YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A visitor to Yosemite National Park has recovered after becoming the ninth person diagnosed with a deadly rodent-borne illness blamed for three deaths among those who spent time at the park this summer, officials said Thursday.

The California resident was stricken with the hantavirus after visiting Yosemite in early July, National Park Service spokesman John Quinley said.

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