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Hantavirus is a life-threatening disease transmitted by rodents, particularly deer mice. The virus is found in rodent urine and feces, but it does not make the host animal sick. It is believed that humans can become sick if they come in contact with contaminated dust from mice nests or droppings.
(In contrast, true prions can cause disease in normal mice, Sim said.) The problem with branding something a prion is it induces fear, because people have heard of it as a scary transmissible disease, Sim said.