Health

Deer Mouse Tests Positive for Hantavirus

| 10:15 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

A deer mouse collected during routine monitoring from a rural area near Boulevard has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus. If people find wild rodents, nests or signs of them in their living spaces, never vacuum or sweep. Use “wet cleaning” methods—using bleach or other disinfectants, rubber gloves and bags.

Health

First Local Detection of Hantavirus in 2023

| 4:22 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

A deer mouse collected from an open nature area in Campo during routine monitoring has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus.

Health

Mouse Tests Positive for Hantavirus in Guatay

| 2:22 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

A deer mouse collected in routine monitoring from an open area in Guatay near Pine Valley has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus. Remember, never sweep up or vacuum up after wild rodents if you find them in living spaces; use “wet-cleaning” methods instead.

Health
vole sitting on a log Credit: shutterstock

Rodent Tests Positive for Hantavirus, First Local Detection in 2022

| 2:11 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

A wild vole ― a small, mouse-like rodent ― collected in routine monitoring in an open, rural area in Chula Vista has tested positive for hantavirus, the first local detection of the potentially deadly disease in 2022.

Health
mouse

Mice Collected in Mount Laguna Test Positive for Hantavirus

| 9:43 AM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Five deer mice and one brush mouse collected in routine monitoring in the Mount Laguna area have tested positive for hantavirus, County environmental health officials said this week.

Health

Two Deer Mice Test Positive for Hantavirus

| 4:05 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Two deer mice collected during routine vector surveillance activities in Boulevard have tested positive for hantavirus, County environmental health officials said this week.