Hantavirus -- Argentina
A 75-year-old man became the 4th victim of [a] hantavirus in a locality in the Epuyen mountains. The [cause of] death was confirmed by the provincial Ministry of Health. The virus, which infects rodents, took the lives of a 14-year-old adolescent, a 38-year-old woman and a 61-year-old municipal employee. Due to these cases, the province declared a health alert in the entire zone although this was discarded as an epidemic.
The Esquel Program Area, a unit of the Chubut Ministry of Health led
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