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Introduction
New concerns accompany the mice that invade homes and
businesses. Local deer mice
have been found to carry and transmit a severe, potentially lethal, disease
known as HPS (Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome).
The disease has probably been present for a long time but
hadn't been identified until recently. It was first identified in the
southwestern United States.
HPS begins as a flu-like illness. People may have a fever,
sore muscles, headaches, nausea, and have shortness-of-breath. As the
disease progresses, fluid builds up in the lungs making breathing difficult.
About 60 - 70 % of people with HPS die. Fortunately, the disease is very
rare.
Throughout the world, hantavirus is normally found in rats,
mice, voles, chipmunks and other rodents. The rodents do not seem to be affected
by it. In Canada and the United States, deer mice
seem to be the primary source of the strain of virus that causes the disease
in humans.
People get infected when they breathe in the virus that
contaminates rodent urine, droppings and saliva. It may also be possible to
catch the virus by eating or drinking contaminated products or by being
bitten by an infected rodent. The disease does not seem to spread from
person to person.
Pre vention
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prevent rodent entry into buildings
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if rodents get inside, eliminate them as soon as
possible
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use traps so that rodent bodies can be removed (when
using poisons, rodents may die in inaccessible areas)
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never touch dead rodents or used traps (wear rubber
gloves)
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put dead rodents into a bucket of household disinfectant
before burying the bodies
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disinfect used traps before reuse
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do not enter dusty crawl spaces where rodents have been
active unless wearing at least an appropriate respirator, rubber gloves
and coveralls
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when cleaning up rodent droppings, first wet them with a
household disinfectant to kill the virus and to avoid creating dust
which you could breathe
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do not use a vacuum as it ejects a tremendous
number of small airborne particles which are easily breathed into your
lungs
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PES Professional Ecological Services Ltd.
98-B Burnside Road West, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
V9A 1B5
Phone: (250) 383-2445
Fax: (250) 383-6775
e-mail: services@pestvictoria.com
We provide professional integrated pest
management (IPM) services, a high-tech form of pest control. We are called
professional pest managers, not exterminators or fumigators. We provide
pest management, not extermination or fumigation. Excluding pests before they
cause a pest offence is a good example of IPM at work.
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February 2002
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