Julie Barron-Wells shares daughter’s hantavirus story

13 articles · Updated · WCVB Boston · May 9

Barron-Wells told KTVT her Texas daughter Kylie Lane died in 2018 at 28 after 72 days in hospital, as a cruise ship outbreak renewed attention on the virus.
Lane’s illness began with severe abdominal pain, then fever and breathing trouble; her mother said she went to emergency rooms several times before doctors diagnosed hantavirus 10 days later.
The family still does not know how Lane contracted the virus, and Barron-Wells said she hopes sharing the case raises awareness and encourages more hantavirus research.

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