Hi Don! Thanks for the site referral. A couple of thoughts ..... The viruses are surrounded by a fatty envelope that is easily destroyed by fat solvents, such as alcohol and disinfectants. This in turn kills the virus. The viruses live for only a few days outside of a host organism. The risk of being infected is greatest in closed spaces where rodents are actively living. So ..... does this mean if we can isolate a piano from rodent access for at least a week a so before cleaning it out, the chances of getting sick are greatly reduced? Also, the actual occurrence of the hanta virus in humans is still less than 500 cases nationwide. Still doesn't sound like anything I would want to mess with. Z! Reinhardt RPT Ann Arbor MI (no reported cases in MI yet) diskladame@provide.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <pianotuna@yahoo.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 5:38 PM Subject: Hanta Virus : Hi David, : : I think you need to worry about "re moisturization" of : feces. : : >From CDC: : : # exposure to infected rodent (deer mouse, : white-footed mouse, cotton rat, rice rat) : # rodent saliva/droppings dry up, are "aerosolized" : and breathed in : : http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/noframes/transmit.htm : : ===== : Regards, : Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. : : Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts (1990-2000) : : http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ :
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