New Viruses, Superbugs Found in Study of New York House Mice

By Susan Scutti

House mice don't carry door keys, but they can freely enter any residence in New York City, from low-rent studios to penthouse suites.

 

A yearlong assessment of the city's residential mouse population found that what many of these rodents do carry are previously unseen viruses as well as bacteria capable of causing life-threatening human illness. Some of the bacteria were even antibiotic-resistant. 

 

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Source: CNN (via Empire Report New York)