Sentence:  Then there is the little-known family of organisms called hantaviruses, which swarm in the micro-haze above the feces of mice and rats and are <WSD>hoovered</WSD> into the human respiratory system by anyone unlucky enough to stick a breathing orifice near them—by lying down, say, on a sleeping platform over which infected mice have recently scampered. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.