The deer mouse is the most common carrier of the virus in North America and Central America, but other carriers in North America include the rice rat and cotton rat in the Southeast and the ...

It isn't known to carry hantavirus. The cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) inhabits U.S. woodlands and swamps, south from ...

Check areas where you have seen mouse droppings. These indicate where mice frequently travel. If you find chewed packaging or small holes in food containers, place cotton balls nearby. This will ...