PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus update – Americas (40): Argentina (RN ex CH) susp

Hantavirus — Argentina
A young official of the coastguard who possibly was infected with [a] hantavirus, died at dawn in the Hospital Privado Regional [Rio Negro province]. The individual was 23 years old, worked on the federal force and in recent days had been sent to Los Alerces National Park [Chubut province].
The young man was admitted to the health center with flu-like symptoms similar to those of hantavirus [infections], so samples were sent to the Malbran Institute in Buenos Aires to discard or confirm the