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PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus update – Americas (43): Chile (RM)

Hantavirus -- ChileHealth authorities confirmed the death of a young man from [a] hantavirus [infection], becoming the 1st fatal virus victim in the [Santiago] Metropolitan region this year (2015). The deceased is a 15-year-old youth who died on the afternoon of Tue 8 Dec [2015], in the Las Condes Clinic, due to respiratory insufficiency [hantavirus cardio-pulmonary syndrome].During the current work day [10 Dec 2015], the Public Health Institute confirmed that the death of the youth was due to a Read more [...]