Thursday, 21 January 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus update - Americas (04): Chile (ML)

Hantavirus -- Chile
On Tuesday [19 Jan 2016], 2 cases of [a] hantavirus [infection] were confirmed, one each in the Maule [and Metropolitan] regions. The individuals were a 60 year old housewife, who was infected in the Miraflores area, Linares community, and a 33 year old agricultural worker. The woman was taken to the Las Condes Clinic and the man to the Thorax Hospital in the [Santiago] Metropolitan region.
Both are the 1st confirmed cases in the region so far in 2016 and both are in a stable but serious

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1Jmq1DF

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