Can mice get human diseases

What diseases humans can get from mice and how dangerous?

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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is one of the many diseases possible to transmit from mice to humans. It’s caused by breathing in dust that is contaminated with rodent urine or droppings and more and is very dangerous.

Do mice cause any diseases in humans?

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A cat could help catch or deter the rodents If this is not an option where you live make sure there are no crumbs or other food available to attract them. Lay bait or set traps

What diseases do house mice carry to humans?

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House-mice can catch Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from humans, but there isn’t much humans can catch from mice. Mice do not have salivary glands so they can’t transmit rabies. The only real danger mice pose is that they may indicate “less…

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Is it possible for cats to transmit diseases to humans?

Q: I have this outdoor cat that spends all day outside catching and eating mice, squirrels, birds, etc. We got her because mice were doing damage to our cars and she’s been great at catching them.Anyways, she loves to jump on my window (3 feet off the ground) and she’ll scratch the window until I let her in. So I do. She has her own shed she can sleep in with my other cat but loves to sleep in my closet. One day while she was in my room, I accidentially left the door open and she went in my brother’s and father’s room and I found her sitting on my bro’s bed. Few days later, my brother came home and suddenly fell ill. My father also fell ill at the same time. So could my cat have made them sick somehow???? She is not vaccinated and has not been bathed in a few months. But then how come I haven’t fallen ill also since she’s with me in my room and even sleeps on my bed?????

A: The way you allow any cat in your home give me goosebumps. You are literally begging for a sanitary crisis affecting you and your family.Let alone the bacterial and viral risk that the cat presents (not bathed in a few months–) the main risk here are parasites. I will not bore you with a course in parasitology but have you ever heard of toxoplasmosis? This cat-bourne parasite causes severe genetic defects in babies born by expecting women who were exposed to the cat in weeks 6 to 12. If you want to know more about this, Google : Hirsprung’s disease or megacolon.

OH MY…Need help with Hantavirus questions?

Q: My sister came to me last night with two baby deer mice which a friend of hers found in an old car with no mother. They are about 12 days old. one has eyes open and the other does not. Upon agreeing to help her care for them, after holding them to feed with an eye dropper, and warming them in my hands, I read online about “Hantavirus” and it being in the urine, feces, and saliva of infected deer mice. I have been in contact with urine, as I have to use a Q-tip dipped in warm water to stimulate the anus and genitals of the baby mice to get them to “do their duty” as the mother would in the wild. If Mom didn’t do this they wouldn’t go and would die from toxicity. ANYWAY, after doing all of this I continue my research and find that deer mice carry a disease named Hantavirus. A potentially deadly disease with flu-like symptoms. Needless to say, I’m scared to death and praying these two cuties do not carry the disease. My questions are 1) can hantavirus be passed from person to person if one person has got it?2) how long after contracting the virus before symptoms start?3)If mice are kept Quarantined and measures are taken to prevent the passing of it to humans, can mice be tested and rid of the virus?I feel so bad for the little buggers, but I’m afraid for my families health and well being. Any information on the topic would be greatly appreciated!!!Also, is there ANY way of telling if these babies have the hantavirus???Also…are some deer mice prone to the disease than others? ie: geographic location, nesting area, age? etc.

A: If you live in the Eastern US, its very unlikely that these mice have the virus – about 95% of the cases are in the Western US. However, there is no way to know if these mice are infected without testing them, but most likely, baby mice would not survive for very long if they has the virus. The rates of infection in different mouse species are not known, and they are likely to constantly change. In humans, hantavirus is a respiratory infection that is caught primarily from breathing dust that has been infected by mice, but someone could get the virus from touching an infected mouse or its urine, droppings and then touching their mouth. It cannot be spread human-to-human.If a person used an alcohol hand sanitizer such as Purell after touching the mice or anything the mice may have infected, the chance of transmission is very low. Testing the mice would be expensive, but their blood could be checked for the virus through a veterinarian.