DEER MICE CARRY A VIRUS FATAL TO HUMANS!!!!: Was: My first (rodent) story!

Warren Fisher fish@COMMUNIQUE.NET
Sat, 17 May 1997 08:10:58 -0700


DEER MICE CARRY A VIRUS FATAL TO HUMANS!!!!

WARNING!!!  Before cleaning up Mouse leavings in pianos you should read
the article in the current PTG Journal about the FATAL virus carried by
Deer mice in most of the continental U.S., Canada and Mexico!!  The
virus is transmitted through mouse feces, urine and bodily fluids.  If
the virus is in the dust of the piano and you use a vacuum, you will be
breathing it in as well as contaminating the customers' house.  If you
have cuts or lesions on your skin, the virus could infect you that way!
THIS SITUATION IS SCARY, LIST!  We need to change the way we handle
mouse cleanup!

Anyone who does not receive the PTJ and wants a copy of this report
should contact the Piano Technicians Guild main office in Kansas City,
Mo.  The web address is:http://www.prairienet.org/arts/ptg/homepage.html
email: (This address must be on my laptop which is being repaird).
Maybe someone else can provide it.

Glenn wrote:
>
  I open it up and was not surprised to find mouse droppings.

> Glenn.
>
> (not from down under)

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