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Elizabeth - You may want to go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, www.cdc.gov, where you will find lots of info about Hanta virus. States with high incidences of this disease reported to the CDC are in descending order: NM, CO, AZ, CA, WA, MT, TX, UT, NV, ID and OR. In the East, PA leads the way with 9 cases, NY has 3 and the remaining states 1. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Holford, Elizabeth <holfo...@si.edu> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Thu, Jul 25, 2013 3:24 pm Subject: [pestlist] Cleaning objects exposed to mice infected with hantavirus This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dear Pestlisters, A colleague working at another museum has been faced with the problem of cleaning a diorama populated with museum objects, reproductions and props that have been in contact with mice (droppings, gnawing, etc.). Mice infected with hantavirus are a known problem in the region where this museum is located. I understand that UV exposure is an effective way to degrade the virus but I wanted to know if anyone has any further recommendations for treating/cleaning objects exposed to infected mice. Thanks for your help, Beth Holford ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
