1.   No rat droppings -- or were they mouse droppings -- under the sink.

2.   And last week, several tribal buildings were closed after alarmed employees discovered mouse droppings in their work areas.

3.   But Atcitty stressed that employees who discover mouse droppings cannot automatically assume that the mouse that left them was carrying the hantavirus.

4.   But for people in the Four Corners area, especially, exposure to mouse droppings often brings on a period of nagging worry.

5.   Humans contract the virus by inhaling dust contaminated by mouse droppings or urine.

6.   Last week, several tribal buildings were closed after alarmed employees discovered mouse droppings in their work areas.

7.   Ms. Capers said that even after the exterminator sprayed her room, she discovered mouse droppings on the bed she shares with Tanya and Erika.

8.   On Thursday, tribal President Thomas Atcitty asked employees to report mouse droppings to health officials and assured them that crews would begin cleaning up those areas immediately.

9.   The shed, he later said, had mouse droppings in it.