Argentina to Expand Hantavirus Search to a Second Province
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 will expand its investigation into the hantavirus following the outbreak on the cruise ship Hondius and also catch and analyze rats in the western province of Mendoza. Health authorities announced this on Friday.
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Argentina expands hantavirus probe, sending teams to trap and test rats in Mendoza
Argentina is expanding its investigation into a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. Scientists will trap and test rats in Mendoza while awaiting lab results from Ushuaia, authorities said Friday.
Argentina will extend to another province, that of Mendoza (west) after the Land of Fire (extreme south), the capture and analysis of rodents, as part of its research on the hantavirus outbreak in May of the ship Hondius who had left Ushuaia, announced Friday the health authorities. ...
Argentina will expand its search for rodents carrying hantaviruses to the province of Mendoza, in the west of the country, as part of an investigation into a fatal outbreak on a cruise ship in April, informed the country's Ministry of Health on Friday (5). 'It can lead to deaths': Medical entities criticise Fifa's decision to ban reusable bottles in games of the 2026 Cup in the middle of the heat wave And more: Google has a project to change the…
Argentina reported Friday that it expanded its research into the origins of the Hantavirus outbreak that affected a cruise ship in the Atlantic last month, sending scientists to capture and analyze rats in the western province of Mendoza while awaiting laboratory results from Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the country.
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