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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?
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Hanta virus trash: 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? ANS: That must have been a smelly thing. Never heard of getting hantavirus from this. Check with local health department about cases or hantavirus in NJ and how folks got it. Usually dust inhalation with mouse feces. Did it smell mousey?
Answered 1/19/2017
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Low hantavirus risk: First - from 1993 when Hantavirus surveillance began in the US until JAN 2017 (latest data I could find) there were 3 Hantavirus cases reported to the CDC from New York. Can be diagnosed with antibodies. Per CCOHS.Ca: “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.”
Answered 7/4/2020
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