Neil wrote:

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Dried rodent droppings turn to dust, and then can cause some nasty lung infections. I can't remember the name of the particular virus, but there's no medications to treat it (antibiotics don't work against viruses, only bacteria and the like).

As far as I know virusses will not reproduce outside human or animal cells. They need the reproduction parts of the cells (so the cells need to be living) to reproduce. They are to simple to do it themselves. Therefore this could never be a viral problem.

Actually it is. Viruses can stay dormant for centuries. This is why NO soil from the mid-east is allowed to come home with American soldiers... Hoof and Mouth disease contamination is all over the place... even places that are currently out "in the middle of nowhere"... if a beduin tribe camped there one night 300 years ago, there's a good chance of viable Hoof & Mouth viruses still being in the soild today. It's no joke. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org