Dr. Labos: The link between rats and the hantavirus

from Weekends with Joanne Vrakas · host CJAD 800

From the Black Death to the plague and now the hantavirus, rats are always somehow related to disease. Cardiologist and epidemiologist Dr. Christopher Labos on how they got here, how they spread disease and why it's nearly impossible to get rid of them all together. Dr. Chris Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and a regular contributor on CJAD 800. You can hear him every Sunday on Weekends with Joanne Vrakas at 7:20 a.m.

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