Hantavirus concerns

[Geralt&Roach'smammy]

I just got new boys yesterday after not being a rat mama for nearly 2 years! I'm smitten already! My partner's family are not keen on rats and have concerns (naturally as rat parents this is something we get used to) after googling the issue of rats carrying diseases in order to prove them all wrong, i came across 'hantavirus' and i wanted to know if anyone had any concerns about this or any information that I can use to put family and friends at ease.
Many thanks, Tara

 

[aoadoc]

http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/FastFacts/pdfs/hantavirus_F.pdf
Unless your rat has come into contact with the urine, saliva, or feces of other rats not kept as pets You have little to worry about. It is a widely repeated myth that rodents carry disease. Even the mid 1300 Black Plague wasn’t as a result if rats but lice.