On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:42:34 -0000, BAC wrote:

The nasty disease is Weill's Disease, a form of leptosipirosis, see
http://www.caving.org.uk/wdic/ for information. It is certainly
transmitted via rat urine, not so sure about mice.

The same site states that any mammal can carry a particular strain of
the bacterium *but* that different mammals are only susceptible to
some strains. It gives an example that humans can contract it from
rats and dogs but there is no transfer between rats and dogs.

I suspect they are playing well into the safe ground as there is not
enough detailed research being done into which strains infect which
mammals which can be passed to other mammals and cause illness.

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