You Can Prevent Hantavirus: How to Protect Yourself and Your Family from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in the United States

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Hantaviruses are a family of viruses that are carried by certain rodents (like rats and mice) around the world. What is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)? Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a severe, sometimes fatal, respiratory disease in humans caused by infection with hantaviruses. Hantaviruses most commonly spread to people when they have contact with infected rodents or their urine, droppings, and saliva. ; Contents: ; What is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)?; What are the symptoms of HPS?; How do people get HPS?; What are some activities that can put people at risk?; What animals carry the hantaviruses that cause HPS? ; How can you prevent HPS?: ; SEAL UP! Keep wild mice & rats out of your home: How to: look for gaps or holes inside or outside your home.; and, How to: seal gaps and holes inside and outside your home. ; TRAP UP! Trap rodents around the home to help reduce the rodent population; How to: use snap traps; and, How to: use poison baits. ; CLEAN UP! Clean rodent waste the right way; How to: clean up rodent urine and droppings; How to: clean up a dead mouse or rat in a snap trap or nest; How to: clean out homes and outbuildings (such as cabins, sheds, barns, etc.); and, How to: inspect, detect, and disinfect a vehicle.
• Subjects:
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Hantavirus Infections
  • Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / prevention & control
  • Orthohantavirus
  • Rodent Control
  • Zoonoses
• Keywords:
  • Hantavirus
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/117367/cdc_117367_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.54 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
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