[VAC] Re: Is this a real concern?

[JPPOLLY@xxxxxxx]

Hanta virus is a real concern, people have died from it in a town 20 miles 
from where I live.  The cautions noted in your email are valid, use a 
respirator and wet down the mouse nests and stuff with clorine bleach and 
water. Your local health department can tell you what proportions to use and 
if the virus is in your area.  Do keep in mind though, that the company that 
issued the information "Healthy Homes" is in the business of making 
contamination free living spaces and so take the  information with a grain of 
salt and find out if your trailer has come from an area with this problem 
before you panic. I believe it is more prevalent in the south west.  The 
woman who died near where I live ( south west Colorado) had done everything 
wrong, she was cleaning a mouse infested barn loft with no protection. The 
insidious part of the disease is that it starts like a common respiratory 
infection and quickly gets extremely serious and one can die almost before 
one can do something about it. 
I have owned my AS for 16 years and after having it sit for several years 
unused without my cats in it, I did find some traces of mouse, but not much.  
I think having a resident cat or two is the best prevention.


Just Plain Polly
1964 Globe Trotter
Colorado
WBCCI 7113