Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
I am from jersey.an older mail from pa for someone who stayed before me had been soiled with something like excreta.i am worried about hantavirus?
3 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Rare : Hantavirus is rare. Did the person Ihave hantavirus. See an infectious disease physician for specific advice
Answered 11/14/2015
2k views
Not likely: It's very doubtful that pathogens would survive a mail transportation from pa. To nj. Also very brief exposure to the envelop or its contents wouldn't allow much chance of transmission of contagious disease. If you have further concerns or are not feeling well, consult your physician.
Answered 11/14/2015
2k views
No hanta worries: First - from 1993 when Hantavirus surveillance began in the US until JAN 2017 (latest data I could find) there were no Hantaviruses reported to the CDC from NewJersey. “The virus does not remain active for long once outside of its host -- less than 1 week outdoors and a few hours when exposed to direct sunlight.” REF: https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/hantavir.html
Answered 7/4/2020
64 views
Related Questions
A member asked:
I am new Brunswick,NJ. I moved into new house,vents were cleaned,dust got into nose and eyes,so I am very worried about contracting hantavirus,help me?
6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
From Jersey City,I inhaled air from the trash chute while discarding trash in my apt.I don't know why chute was emitting air but scared for hantavirus?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
I am using candid cream and antibacterial cream along panty line and virginial line and excreta point for fungal infection. Will this harm genitils?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Fever that comes when I sleep. Also I have bad and smelly excreta, mild headache, muscular pain but no diarrhoea or vomiting.How to treat this ?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
1 wk ago I was in a cabin in MT. It was dirty, old, & lots of dust got kicked up in the air. Scared of hantavirus. Should I be worried?
Ate some bread that I later discovered had a few mouse droppings on it. Worried about hantavirus. Should I be worried? And is there a test for it?
Can you get the hantavirus from old magazines that could have at one point had mice droppings on or near them? They were a little dusty.
I picked up some stuff from old house and dust came into my eyes. The hantavirus can transmit that way? How long live outside from mices?
Ate some bread today that I discovered had mouse droppings on it. worried about hantavirus.No symptoms yet besides mild muscle ache. What should I do?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
