Argentina expands hantavirus probe, sending teams to trap and test rats in Mendoza
Argentina will send teams with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists to test rodents in Mendoza as officials trace 11 confirmed cases.
- Argentina on Friday expanded its hantavirus investigation to Mendoza, dispatching scientists to trap and test rodents while biologists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prepare to join the mission next week.
- The outbreak on the Hondius involved 11 confirmed hantavirus cases and three deaths, prompting initial investigations in Ushuaia. Local authorities in that tourism-dependent city have disputed that the virus originated there, famed for its location at "the end of the world."
- Malbran Institute scientists are retracing the travel path of a Dutch couple who died, believing they contracted the virus after exposure to rodent droppings in Malarg. Authorities are testing rodents in the winemaking region of Mendoza from June 8-12.
- Claudia Perandones, head of the Malbran Institute, met with CDC investigators on Friday to coordinate the operation. Teams in protective equipment will collect blood samples from dead rodents and transfer material to the main laboratory in Buenos Aires for testing.
- While the Andes hantavirus carries a mortality rate as high as 30%, The World Health Organization emphasizes the pandemic transmission risk remains low. Experts say this investigation will provide valuable lessons for managing the rare disease.
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Argentina and US CDC are launching a joint mission in Mendoza to find the track of the Dutch tourist at the origin of the Hantavirus outbreak of the MV Hondius. Thirteen cases, three dead, a strain "Andes" in...
After the Land of Fire in the extreme south, Argentina will extend to another province, that of Mendoza, in the western part of the country, the capture and analysis of rodents, as part of its investigation of the hantavirus outbreak in May on the ship Hondius, which had left Ushuaia.Argentine scientists are still analysing samples obtained in the outskirts of Ushuaia and in Tierra del Fuego National Park, where they had captured in mid-May more…
Argentina is going to expand the investigation into the hantavirus following the outbreak on the cruise ship Hondius. The Argentine Ministry of Health announced this on Friday.
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