Author shares hantavirus risks after improper rodent waste cleanup
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Updated · Denverite · May 6
Author shares hantavirus risks after improper rodent waste cleanup
7 articles · Updated · Denverite · May 6
The account warns that using a shop-vac in a closed garage without a mask could aerosolise virus from deer mouse droppings; Colorado has recorded 121 cases since 1993.
The CDC says people should ventilate the area, wear gloves and a respirator, soak waste with disinfectant or bleach solution, wipe it up with paper towels and avoid vacuuming or sweeping.
Hantavirus is rare but severe, killing about 35% of US cases; symptoms can appear one to eight weeks after exposure, and there is no specific treatment beyond supportive care.
As wet weather patterns boost rodent populations, is your home unknowingly harboring a virus with a 50% fatality rate?
With a hantavirus now spreading between humans on a cruise ship, could this rodent-borne illness become the next global pandemic?
A virus with pandemic potential is spreading between people, so why is there still no vaccine for this deadly pathogen?