Tag: hantavirus

• Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 12:26 UTC

  Outbreak of mice-vector hemorrhagic fever in Argentina; attacks in rural areas

  

  A 31-yeaar old farm hand died and a 12-year old adolescent has been hospitalized in the province of Santa Fe following an outbreak of Argentine hemorrhagic fever (FHA) caused by the viral agent Junin and transmitted by camp mice.

• Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 07:30 UTC

  Hantavirus public alert in Chile after outbreak kills three people, infects ten others

  

  Chile declared a public health alert this week over a hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people and infected at least 10 others and which have been blame of the wildfires of a very hot summer.