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PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus update – Americas (34): Argentina (SA)

Hantavirus -- ArgentinaA 15 year old boy died of [a] hantavirus [infection] in Oran [Salta province]. The uncle of the victim said that "on Tuesday [11 Aug 2015], around 3:00 in the afternoon, he told me that he was ill. I went to the hospital and spoke with the doctor, who told me that with the symptoms he [the boy] presented and his [the doctor's] experience, it was [a] hantavirus [infection]. [The boy] died at 16:30 hrs [4:30 pm]."The uncle said that on the previous day, his nephew went for a Read more [...]