Hanta Virus Information
I went out on the Internet and found some information about Hanta Virus. Some of the things that we did in the cabin were incorrect. The two biggest errors we made were that we should have made a Clorox solution and spraed the floor, then with a mop cleaned up. The idea is that by doing it this way we would first kill the virus and then we would have gotton rid of any "stuff" (fecus) without giving it a chance to be airborn. In at least one of these publications they say that using a mask, when you are wearing a beard is not effective as unfiltered air can come in through the beard.

On one of the Center for Disease Control maps occurances of Hanta Virus cases, there are two "dots" in the general area of the Sierras where we were.

Various Hanta Virus information. More is available on the web. I got these items on 17SEP03, newer data may be available when you read this:

Note that the ".PDF" files require the free Adobe Reader which is available from Adobe.Com.

  1. Hanta.pdf
  2. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome --- United States Updated Recommendations for Risk Reduction.htm
  3. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.pdf
  4. HantaVirus.pdf
  5. HantaVirusFinal.pdf