Removing Deer Mice from Buildings and the Risk for Human Exposure to Sin Nombre Virus

Douglass, Richard J.; Kuenzi, Amy J.; Williams, Courtney Y.; Douglass, Samuel J.; Mills, James N.

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Removing Deer Mice from Buildings and the Risk for Human Exposure to Sin Nombre Virus

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Mar 2003
By Douglass, Richard J. ; Kuenzi, Amy J. ; Williams, Courtney Y. ; ...

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English

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Douglass, Richard J. ; Kuenzi, Amy J. ; Williams, Courtney Y. ; Douglass, Samuel J. ; Mills, James N.
Description:

Trapping and removing deer mice from ranch buildings resulted in an increased number of mice, including Sin Nombre virus antibody-positive mice, entering ranch buildings. Mouse removal without mouse proofing will not reduce and may even increase human exposure to Sin Nombre hantavirus.
Subjects:

Animals Antibodies, Viral Dispatch Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Humans Peromyscus Sin Nombre Virus
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 9(3):390-392
Pubmed ID:

12643840
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC2958549
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

US3/CCU813599/CC/ODCDC CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:

Montana
Location:

North America
Volume:

9
Issue:

3
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:63d8b534507dfb1f06a9c94c5646d4e8aacc2e7a59c2f8a184f0ced5bc016a13
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14091/cdc_14091_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 340.82 KB ]

File Language:

English

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