black death

[Debbie_F]

BB makes a good point. post shtf there may well be a dramtic increase in rodent/vermin population and with it the increase risk of exposure to all sorts of nasties. here's a brief list of diseases transmitted by rodents:

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
Lassa Fever
Leptospirosis
Lymphocytic Chorio-meningitis (LCM)
Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
Plague
Rat-Bite Fever
Salmonellosis
South American Arenaviruses
Tularemia