Knowing where deer mouse populations thrive -- where mice grow older and bigger thanks to ample food, protection and nesting sites -- should help people avoid contact with the creatures or their droppings, the researchers suggested.
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Learn more about hantavirus pulmonary syndrome at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
-- Linda Searing
SOURCE: University of Utah, news release, Jan. 6, 2009
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