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<br />. General: Prevention: Spotlight I CDC Hantaviruses <br /> <br />Page 1 of I <br /> <br />Home I About COC I Press Room I Funding I A.Z Index I Centers. Institute & Offices I Tr3ining & Employment I <br /> <br /> <br />CD <br /> <br />.;i~\'\{Y~f"~~m~:~lil~Ui1t!itfr:;9;i~i~1, <br /> <br />Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: Spotlight <br /> <br />F "$" <'1;1>;- ~.e:l <br />.~ . {l <br />.. 'I\' <br />- . <br />:~ ~ <br />>>, ,r.. }j,A <br /> <br />SEAL UP! TRAP UP! CLEAN UP! <br /> <br />Protect Your Family from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) <br /> <br />Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a deadly disease transmitted <br />by infected rodents through urine, droppings, or saliva. Humans can <br />contract the disease when they breathe in aerosolized virus. Rodent <br />control in and around the home remains the primary strategy for <br />preventing hantavirus infection. Through January 5, 2005, a total of 384 <br />cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome have been reported in the <br />United States. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />.I~ <br />? - <br />~ <br /> <br />,.F'........ <br /> <br />. '. <br /> <br />SEAL UP! <br />Seal up holes inside and outside the home to <br />prevent entry by rodents...more <br /> <br />TRAP UP! <br />Trap rodents around the home to help <br />reduce the population...mortol <br /> <br />CLEAN UP! <br />Take precautions before and while cleaning <br />rodent-infested areas...fTlore <br /> <br />Home I pQlir;ies andJ3gut)lations I Dis~l<!LID~ I ~=-GQ.'Lt.rn.mBD..! I FOIA I .C;;Qnlqc;;.tJJ..9: <br /> <br />.A..... .HIEALTHIlI:R. PIEOPLK.'" <br />Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta. GA <br />30333, U.S.A <br />Tel: (404) 639.3311/ Public Inquiries: (404) 639-3534/ (800) 311.3435 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Spotlight Conte <br /> <br />. $gQtligl11Hol <br />> S_E,II,L UP! <br />> TRAP UP! <br />'CLEAN UP! <br /> <br />Key Resources <br />All About Hanta <br />Web site <br />HPs:Wh.atyou <br />Know <br />Brochure: Facts <br />Hantavirus <br />Brochure: Inforr <br />sQbrelosh.anta' <br />HPS Prevention <br />Hantavirus prev <br />materials <br />Rodent carriers <br />hilotavirus <br />HO\AljsHPs trar <br /> <br />Contact Info <br /> <br />Hantavirus Hotline: <br />877.232.3322 <br />Email: <br />dvd1spath@cdc.gov <br />Telephone: <br />404.639.1510 <br />Fax: <br />404-639.1509 <br /> <br />~iRSTGOV <br />....fbt~...IlS.__~ <br /> <br />Depa <br />and ~ <br /> <br />http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseaseslhantalhps.ste/ste_spot.htm <br /> <br />(4 <br /> <br />J 1/18/2005 <br />