Ushuaia Landfill Scrutinized in Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak Probe
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Ushuaia landfill scrutinized in cruise ship hantavirus outbreak probe
Seven kilometers from downtown Ushuaia, the municipal landfill serving Argentina's southernmost city has become one of the focal points of the epidemiological investigation into the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. Health teams are searching the site for traces of infected rodents. The landfill is frequented by birdwatchers from around the world, drawn by species such as the white-throated caracara, a scavenger bird endemic
The Government of Argentina continues to investigate the exact place of the contagion of hantavirus that has ended with three dead and a confined cruiser that is already heading to the Canary Islands. This ship left last April from the town of Ushuaia, so the authorities of the Latin American country are tracing the itinerary of the passengers before embarking to find the exact place where the infection occurred, since all indications point to a…
Inside the landfill known as 'the end of the world' where cruise ship hantavirus 'patient zero' may have caught the deadly virus
A deadly hantavirus outbreak that has left three people dead and sparked a major international health response may have started in one of the world’s most unlikely tourist attractions.Investigators in Argentina believe a Dutch couple who later died after boarding the MV Hondius may have contracted the virus while birdwatching at a landfill site near Ushuaia, a remote city at the southern tip of South America.The remote town is nicknamed "El Fin …
A Dutch ornithologist was identified as the first victim of the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. Leo S. (†70) visited a garbage dump at Ushuaia during a bird tour. It is still unclear where the infection origin lies.
For several days, the world's eyes have been focused on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has become the site of a deadly hantavirus outbreak. It turns out that the dangerous pathogen may have originated in a garbage dump in Ushuaia, Argentina's southernmost city. Tourists go there to birdwatch, reports the daily El Pais.
The garbage dump in Ushuaia, Argentina's southernmost city, is considered one of the potential sources of hantavirus infections on the cruise ship MV Hondius. Tourists go there to watch birds, the daily El Pais reported on Friday. Eight hantavirus infections have been detected on the cruise ship, which departed Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego in early April. The article "Media: Garbage dump in Ushuaia a potential source of hantavirus on cruise ship"…
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