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Old 05-09-2008, 05:28 PM
 
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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?
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Old 05-09-2008, 05:31 PM
 
Location: Ned CO @ 8300'
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Aren't ticks and rattlesnakes limited to the lower elevations?
No rattlers up here, but LOTS of ticks!
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Old 05-09-2008, 06:12 PM
 
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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.
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