Hantavirus -- Chile
This Thursday morning [21 Jul 2016], a new case of [a] hantavirus [infection] was confirmed in the Bio Bio region. The affected individual is a 7-year-old boy who is currently attended in the Sanatorio Aleman in Concepción. The boy is in critical condition in a coma with mechanical ventilation.
The child, together with his family, traveled from Santiago to the Laja rural area community to visit family members. Presumably, he became infected in this place.
He was hospitalized in Laja and
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2a6HtMw
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