Dealing with Mouse damage? (Not the computer kind)

[Wow - C.L.C. has an automatic spell checker on the subject line :-] Yeah, thats pretty much what I have determined, although I will be excercising more caution when I find mouse "residue" from now on. This particular machine was in a garage in the middle of Toronto. From what I have read, the virus is carried by deer mice, which are less likely to be found in the city. Also there have been no reports of HPS in Toronto (closest is infected mice found in Northern Ontario which is quite some distance away). So I think the chances of a problem are minimal - nonetheless, since I'm scheduled for checkup this week anyway, I think it's serious enough that I'm going to mention my activities to my doc. For now, the machine is "double bagged" and not in the house - when I can work on it outside and with the right precautions, I will see what I can do with it. One question I have not found an answer to is "How long can the virus remain alive in a dormant state - outside of a host"? Most of the information I have seen suggests washing suspected areas with a 10% bleach solution, and to let it sit for at least 5 mins. Anyone know if this would be safe for a PCB? Assuming it was immediately rinsed afterward with distilled water and well dried? - Unfortunately there's a keyboard included in the PCB assembly... Regards, -- dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Vintage computing equipment collector. http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html