A 50-plus year old Douglas County woman was hospitalized for a confirmed second case of hantavirus this summer, Carson City ...

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) reported a second case of hantavirus this year in Douglas County. Officials say ...

One tip: walk in the center of the trail. Ticks like to attach themselves to long grasses. No need to use DEET.

Mice contaminate food, chew up everything in sight, and spread illnesses through their urine, saliva, and droppings, says Sheldon Owen, a wildlife extension specialist at West Vir ...

Hantavirus is an infectious disease that’s normally spread through contact with rodents such as deer mice, cotton rats, rice rats and the white-footed mouse.

The ticks can become infected with Lyme by feeding on infected white-footed mice. These ticks can also carry and spread other diseases that can have wide-ranging health consequences, especially if ...

Some of these newly discovered hosts inhabit regions where traditional hosts, such as the deer mouse or the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), are absent, meaning they could be potential ...

That was significant because the white-footed mouse is more commonly found in wooded or shrubby areas, while the deer mouse has traditionally been more typical in prairie grassland environments.

Deer mice are the most common carriers of the virus. Other carriers include the white-footed mouse, cotton rat, and rice rat.

The deer mouse is the most common carrier of the virus in North America and Central America, but other carriers in North America include the rice rat and cotton rat in the Southeast and the white ...

Five species in North America are known to carry hantaviruses, three of which are commonly found in Canada: the deer mouse, white-footed mouse and red-backed vole.

In the U.S. most cases caused by the deer mouse are west of the Mississippi River, the Mayo Clinic said. In the Northeast, the illness is caused by the white-footed mouse.