Hemorrhagic Fever -- Bolivia
[The Ministry of] Health confirmed that a virus that killed a hospitalized patient and 2 physicians from La Paz is an arenavirus transmitted by rodents. The disease, after 7 days, causes hemorrhagic fever, a symptom presented by the patients hospitalized in intensive care in 2 health centers in La Paz.
One of the viruses in this family is Machupo that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, a disease that, according to hypotheses, is affecting the patients that are under observation, La Razon
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6551379&promed&0
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