droppings

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First, hantavirus is a family of viruses that typically spreads to humans from rodent droppings or urine such as when someone inhales particles near infected rodents.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Hantavirus is a rare disease typically transmitted to humans through inhalation of particles contaminated with the urine, droppings or saliva from a rodent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

This usually happens by breathing in the virus, for example when rodent urine and droppings that contain hantavirus are stirred up into the air.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Hantaviruses mostly cause infections in people who are at high risk of exposure to the droppings, saliva and urine of infected rodents or contaminated dust.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

The smell of wet earth comes to me from those thumbed and tattered pages, the sour tang of moorland peat, the feel of soggy moss spattered white in places by a heron’s droppings.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier