Mouse Diseases
Mice can transmit several different diseases to humans. Although, most homes have had mice at one point or another, it is important not to live with mice on a continual basis.
Salmonella (food poisioning). Generally, this bacterial disease is transmitted rodent feces in food. Symptoms are diarrea, head ache, fever.
Ringworm - A skin fungus that can be contracted from mice. Also has been known to be passed to cats, then to humans.
Dermatitis - A common skin irritation in Michigan. One of the many different causes (other than our harsh dry winters) is bites from mites that live in homes infested by mice.
Tapeworm - Can be transmitted to humans that consume food that has been contaminated with rodent feces.
Leptospirosis - Caused by exposure to rodent urine in food or through dermal contact via small cut/abriasions in the skin.
Rickettsial Pox - Characterized by a rash similar to chicken pox. This disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of a house mouse mite.
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