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Scootaloo

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3. My understanding is that its vectors are limited

Reply to sweetloukillbot (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 03:05 AM

Jun 2012

It seems to be tied to the deer mouse, white-footed mouse, pack rat, and related rodents that are actually native to North and Central America. Eurasian rodents like black and Norway rats, and the house mouse don't carry it.

Not that anyone wants those critters as housemates, either, but if htey're the ones you've got scurrying in your attic, you're better off worrying about bubonic plague and ruined wiring.

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Just what America's own little fourth-world nation needed Scootaloo Jun 2012 #1

Hanta's horrible - I was living in Flagstaff during the Navajo outbreak 20 years ago sweetloukillbot Jun 2012 #2

My understanding is that its vectors are limited Scootaloo Jun 2012 #3