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

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    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.

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  • Location:
    North America
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