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

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• 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 Hantavirus Infections Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Humans Orthohantavirus Peromyscus Sin Nombre Virus Zoonoses
• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0903.020470
• ISSN:
  1080-6059 (digital) ; 1080-6040 (print)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  12643840
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2958549
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Montana
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  3
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(3):390-392
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a21753569bb9ee7ca24d1ee963d59dc4197a86a65425ce09b7bcd14a7737140dcd372d0518b1aeb7d69a1bf23f47b9be7c25821a9ddcb0abc735b7ba046f6bff
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14091/cdc_14091_DS1.pdf
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