Rodents can also carry bubonic plague (transmitted by flea bites). The southwest does have rodents with bubonic plague. Life is fatal. On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Anthony Egeln wrote: > uerto Canyon hantavirus...deadly, spread by deer mice and named > after the area of the Southwest where it killed several young > Native-Americans back in the 90's. We flapped about it when I was > OIC of San Nicolas Island off the coast of Ventura County. We had > deer mice but it turned out our mice only carried a less risky form > of the hantavirus. Read: |
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