The risk of contamination is specifically associated with contact with rodents, disturbing nesting material, burrows, droppings and surrounding soil.
Therefore:
- Avoid coming into contact with rodents and rodent burrows.
- Do not use cabins or other enclosed shelters that are rodent infested until they have been appropriately cleaned and disinfected.
- Do not pitch tents or place sleeping bags in proximity to rodent feces or burrows or near possible rodent shelters (e.g. garbage dumps or woodpiles).
- Use cot with sleeping surface at least 12” above the ground.
- Use tents with floors.
- Keep food in rodent-proof containers.
- Promptly bury all garbage and trash or discard in covered trash containers (in accordance with local requirements).
- Keep woodpiles 100 feet away from cabins and dwellings and if possible, elevate at least 1 foot off the ground and use traps or rodenticides.
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