Go'in camping in June; Should I worry?

[DOUBLE H]

And then you have the hantavirus disease to contend with as well, caused by deer mice droppings. A good friend of mine in Durango lost a friend of his to that insidious desease. Jim told me she was sweeping out a barn and became violently ill all at once. Got chills, had a violent headache, and a fever of 103. Got hauled into the clinic but died. I don't know many people have died since they diagnosed this disease but it's a lot. I don't have a mouse problem where I live, near Fruita, but I scrub the heck out of flooors and inside cabinets. This is a sickness you ndon't want to mess with! Jazzlover, do have any friends in the medical field who are working on this problem? It has been a while since I've seen a death reported in the Post, News, Sentinel here in Junction. Any news on making headway on this?

[Neditate]

Originally Posted by Swampy101

Aren't ticks and rattlesnakes limited to the lower elevations?

No rattlers up here, but LOTS of ticks!

[jazzlover]

Originally Posted by DOUBLE H

And then you have the hantavirus disease to contend with as well, caused by deer mice droppings. A good friend of mine in Durango lost a friend of his to that insidious desease. Jim told me she was sweeping out a barn and became violently ill all at once. Got chills, had a violent headache, and a fever of 103. Got hauled into the clinic but died. I don't know many people have died since they diagnosed this disease but it's a lot. I don't have a mouse problem where I live, near Fruita, but I scrub the heck out of flooors and inside cabinets. This is a sickness you ndon't want to mess with! Jazzlover, do have any friends in the medical field who are working on this problem? It has been a while since I've seen a death reported in the Post, News, Sentinel here in Junction. Any news on making headway on this?

I don't know what progress is being made, other than I think a lot more people are aware of the potential risks. Like many other animal-borne diseases, the chances of getting hantavirus are pretty small, but the results if one does can be pretty awful.