Trish Tipton wrote: They > said there is a virus (much like the Hanta virus) that lives in dried rat > and > mouse droppings. Weils disease [leptospirosis] information http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/leptospirosis_g.htm http://www.caving.org.uk/wdic/ Also news item "Rat Urine Kills Golfer" http://www.amireland.com/pps/ppspag/news.html#anchor1828679