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<br />General: Prevention: Rodent Infestation I CDC Hantavimses <br /> <br />0tGllt: \..-UlnClCL~ <br /> <br />Case Information <br /> <br />Teaching <br />Materials <br /> <br />Research and <br />Resources <br /> <br />Hantavirus in <br />South and Central <br />America <br /> <br />Previous Feature <br />Arlicles Archive <br /> <br />Glossary of Terms <br /> <br />Go To... <br /> <br />Special <br />Pathogens Branch <br />Web Page <br />NCID Home <br /> <br />CDC Home <br /> <br />Page 2 of3 <br /> <br />catllnets <br />. under or <br />inside dressers <br />. in and among <br />boxes <br />. behind and <br />inside <br />machinery and <br />appliances <br />(kitchen <br />app Ii anc es <br />such as stoves <br />or refrigerator <br />drip pans; <br />water <br />coolcrs;and <br />electric motor cascs or computer <br />cases) <br />. inside upholstered furniture <br />. inside double walls or the space <br />between floors and ceilings. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Food Boxes, Containers, or J'ood JtselfThat Appears To Be Nibbled <br />Look for droppings nearby_ Rodents can chew through plastic, so plastic bags <br />do not make safe food storage containers. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Signs of Rodent "Feeding Stations" <br />These are semi-hidden spots where rodents eat food they have collected. At <br />these stations, rodcnts may leave larger-than-normal amounts of <br />droppings/urine, plus remnants ofa variety of foods (such as nut shells), bits of <br />plastic or paper, and cockroach carcasses, <br /> <br />You Find Evidence of Gnawing <br />To get to food, rodents will gnaw on almost anything that Thursday, August 5, <br />2004eludes such things as wood, paper board, cloth sacks, and materials even <br />harder than these. Because rodents' teeth grow continuously, they must gnaw to <br />keep them short. That may hclp to cxplain why chair legs or similar surfaces <br />show gnawed spots or tooth marks in rodent-infested places. <br /> <br />You Notice an Odd, Stale Smell <br />In closed-up rooms infested by rodents, you will commonly smell an unusual, <br />musky odor. <br /> <br />You See a Mouse in Your Honse <br />Rodents are normally active at night, and generally avoid humans. If you have <br />rodents, unlcss the infestation is large, you may ncvcr sec one. <br /> <br />For more information on HPS p,'evention, visit tbe Hantavirus Pulmonary . <br />Syndrome Spotljghl: Seal Up! Trap_llpL~'Le:l'IJJp! <br /> <br />http:// www _ cdc _gov / nc i dod/ d i seascs/hantalhps/no fi-amesi prevent 8 _ htm <br /> <br />) 1/18/2005 <br />