Saturday, 17 September 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus update - Americas (43): Chile (AR)

Hantavirus -- Chile
A man has died after an infection with [a] hantavirus in the Araucanía region. This is the 6th case so far this year [2016] and the 3rd death caused by this virus.
The situation was confirmed by the regional SEREMI [Secretaria Regional Ministerial de Salud; regional health ministerial agency], which indicated that the individual is a 63 year old farmer who lived in a rural area in Curacautín.
The man was taken to the community hospital, from where he was taken to the Hospital de

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