Hantavirus is a potentially fatal illness spread through deer mice contamination

 

 

Saskatchewan residents are being urged to take precautions to avoid infection with hantavirus, especially when cleaning up rodent infested barns, homes or other buildings in their communities.

This all coming following a recent hantavirus fatality in West Central Saskatchewan.

Humans are most often exposed to the virus by breathing in air particles contaminated by deer mouse saliva, urine or droppings. The virus begins with fever, muscle aches, cough, headaches, nausea, and vomiting.

There have been 21 cases of Hantavirus reported in Saskatchewan since 1994.