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PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus – Americas (14): Chile (LR)

Hantavirus -- ChileHealth authorities in the Los Ríos region confirmed the death of a 25-year-old man in Panguipulli, and clarified the case of another person in Temuco.The current victim is a suspected case of [a] virus [infection] carried by the long-tailed [pygmy rice] rat, and the finding was corroborated by tests done in the laboratory of the Universidad Austral de Chile, according to the SEREMI [Ministerial Regional Secretariat] Health Administrator, Guillermo Ramírez.The Public Read more [...]