About the
Hantavirose What is hantavirose?
The hantavirose is a disease caused by hantavirus found in wild rats.
These rats live in rural areas, where the cases were recorded of the disease.
What are the symptoms of
hantavirose?
Three: fever over 38 degrees, muscle pain and shortness of breath, provided that the patient has been in a rural area in the last 60 days.
What the animals transmitting the disease?
The hantavirose is transmitted by wild rats. No other animal, even rats in the city, such as mice and rats, transmit this
virus.
The disease can be transmitted by another person?
No. Sneezing, coughing, tightness of labor or other physical contact does not represent risk of contagion.
How does a person is contaminated with hantavirus?
When a person breathes with dust remains of feces, urine or saliva of infected mice. The transmission occurs when a person attends indoors where there are rats contaminated. What the people who run the highest risk of contracting the disease? The residents of the rural areas, farmers, hunters, fishermen, people who are trails, camp or attend woods. There vaccine against the disease? No. The only way to prevent the disease is prevention. What kind of prevention? Follow strikes to the following provisions: not leave the house closed for a long time: not plante nothing to less than 30 meters away from the house; keep the weeds around the house always cut; do not let wood, leaves or rubbish accumulated near the house; do not eat fruit trees or near the ground; tape all cracks and holes through which the mouse can pass; do not leave food or feed remains of the reach of rats; to prevent waste is spread; store grain or food to a minimum height of 40 cm from the floor and never touch the mouse. How clear the indoors? Before entering the environment, open the doors and let heels for half an hour. Then, open all the windows and wait half an hour more before entering to clean. Then Prepare a mixture of 1 cup of water health with 9 cups of water. With the help of a road, soak a cloth in the mixture and pass on the floor, taking care not to raise dust. Never use broom. Keep doors open windows until everything is clean and dry. Camping in the middle of the bush is risky? Yes, if they are not taken care needed: find a local removed from the forest and exposed to the sun for arming the tent. It must be impervious to bottom that there is no direct contact of the body with the ground. The water and food to be consumed should be stored in closed containers well. Do not use open sandals. E can get the virus walking in the street? No. The virus is down soon after contacting the air and the sun. The hantavirose has healing? Despite the risk of death, the healing has hantavirose. But it is important that you look for a unit of health as soon as experience the first symptoms of the disease.
What the people who run the highest risk of contracting the disease?
Residents of rural areas, farmers, hunters, fishermen, people who are trails, camp or attend woods.
There vaccine against the disease?
No. The only way to prevent the disease is prevention.
What kind of prevention?
Follow strikes to the following provisions: not leave the house closed for a long time: not plante nothing to less than 30 meters away from the house; Keep the weeds around the house always cut; Do not let wood, leaves or rubbish accumulated near the house ; do not eat fruit trees or near the ground; tape all cracks and holes through which the mouse can pass; do not leave food or feed remains of the reach of rats; to prevent waste is spread; store grain or food to a height minimum of 40 cm from the floor and never touch the mouse.
How clear the indoors?
Before entering the environment, open the doors and let heels for half an hour. Then, open all the windows and wait half an hour more before entering to clean. Then Prepare a mixture of 1 cup of water health with 9 cups of water. With the help of a road, soak a cloth in the mixture and pass on the floor, taking care not to raise dust. Never use broom. Keep doors open windows until everything is clean and dry.
Camping in the middle of the bush is risky?
Yes, if they are not taken care needed: search for a location away from the forest and exposed to the sun for arming the tent. It must be impervious to bottom that there is no direct contact of the body with the ground. The water and food to be consumed should be stored in closed containers well. Do not use open sandals.
And can catch the virus walking in the street?
No. The virus is down soon after contacting the air and the sun.
The hantavirose has healing?
Although the risk of death, the healing has hantavirose. But it is important that you look for a unit of health as soon as experience the first symptoms of the disease.