Limiting Exposure to Rodents and Their Waste is an Important

Question

Limiting exposure to rodents and their waste is an important means of preventing
A) coccidioidomycosis.
B) Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
C) histoplasmosis.
D) bronchiolitis.
E) inhalational anthrax.

Accepted Answer

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is primarily spread by exposure to the urine, droppings, or saliva of infected rodents, particularly deer mice. Therefore, limiting exposure to these rodents and their waste is an important preventive measure.