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How long would hantavirus live say in a 100 degree garage or on a animals fur if they killed a deer mouse? how easy is it to contract hantavirus?
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Difficult: Mice are everywhere and the conditions under which folks seem to catch hantavirus are "primitive". A big dose of mouse excitement inhaled seems to be the big risk
Answered 8/15/2018
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