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Argentina Expands Hantavirus Probe, Sending Teams To Trap And Test Rats In Mendoza
Argentine authorities said biologists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were joining the mission next week in Mendoza.
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Hantavirus Search Expands To Second Province In Argentina
Argentina will expand its search for hantavirus-carrying rodents to western Mendoza province as part of an investigation into a deadly cruise ship outbreak in April...
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Hantavirus Outbreak: Australia Extends Cruise Passenger Quarantine
Australia's health minister said on Thursday the quarantine period for repatriated passengers on a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak will be extended to 42 days total until June 23.
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Hantavirus Cases From Cruise Outbreak Rise To 13 Following New Case In Spain, Says WHO
The number of cases of Hantavirus linked to a cruise ship at the centre of an outbreak has increased to 13, the head of the World Health Organization has said.
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Argentina Authorities Trap Rats In Ushuaia, Hunt For Hantavirus Outbreak Source
The scientists, wearing bright blue gloves and surgical masks, checked the 150 box traps they had set out the previous night, dropping dead rats into black plastic bags that they hoisted into pickup trucks bound for a makeshift lab where they said th
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Hantavirus Hunt: Argentine Scientists Set First Traps
Scientists attempting to determine whether or not hantavirus is present in Argentina's Ushuaia on Monday laid the very first traps to catch rodents potentially carrying...
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Global Health Alert: WHO Assembly Begins Amid Hantavirus And Ebola Outbreaks
World Health Organization member states gather for their annual meeting in Geneva Monday amid concern over deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks and uncertainty over...
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Did Hantavirus Start In Argentina's 'End Of The World' City? Ushuaia Denies Link
The MV Hondius outbreak has drawn attention because passengers dispersed to multiple countries, increasing the risk of spreading the virus worldwide.
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"Family Table Was Left Empty": Hantavirus Renews Memories Of 2018 Outbreak
Human-to-human transmission of hantavirus was first discovered in 1996 in the a town near El Bolson, was later found to have happened in Epuyen.
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Hantavirus Outbreak Renews Painful Memories For Patagonian Village
Mailen Valle lost her father and two sisters during a hantavirus outbreak more than seven years ago in Epuyen, a...
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Evacuation Begins For Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship In Spain's Canary Islands
Three passengers from the MV Hondius, a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman, have died, while others have fallen sick with the rare disease, which usually spreads among rodents.
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Who Was Leo Schilperoord? 'Patient Zero' In Deadly Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak
Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak: Leo began showing symptoms, including high fever, headaches and diarrhoea. His condition deteriorated rapidly.
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Hantavirus Update: Argentina's Hot Spot For Antarctic Cruises Insists It Didn't Cause Outbreak
Officials in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province are challenging the idea that the ongoing deadly hantavirus outbreak may have emerged there, pushing instead for investigations into the other Argentine provinces that passengers visited before board
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The First-Ever Hantavirus Outbreak With Human-To-Human Spread Happened In 2018; Here's How It Ended
The world's first confirmed human-to-human hantavirus outbreak struck Argentina in 2018, killing 11 people. Here's how scientists traced the Andes virus cluster, contained transmission and prevented a wider public health crisis.
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"More Cases May Appear Soon, But Public Health Risk Low": WHO Chief On Hantavirus Outbreak
The outbreak occurred on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, which had travelled from Argentina towards Cabo Verde across the Atlantic.
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Argentina Expands Hantavirus Probe, Sending Teams To Trap And Test Rats In Mendoza
Argentine authorities said biologists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were joining the mission next week in Mendoza.
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Hantavirus Search Expands To Second Province In Argentina
Argentina will expand its search for hantavirus-carrying rodents to western Mendoza province as part of an investigation into a deadly cruise ship outbreak in April...
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Hantavirus Outbreak: Australia Extends Cruise Passenger Quarantine
Australia's health minister said on Thursday the quarantine period for repatriated passengers on a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak will be extended to 42 days total until June 23.
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Hantavirus Cases From Cruise Outbreak Rise To 13 Following New Case In Spain, Says WHO
The number of cases of Hantavirus linked to a cruise ship at the centre of an outbreak has increased to 13, the head of the World Health Organization has said.
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Argentina Authorities Trap Rats In Ushuaia, Hunt For Hantavirus Outbreak Source
The scientists, wearing bright blue gloves and surgical masks, checked the 150 box traps they had set out the previous night, dropping dead rats into black plastic bags that they hoisted into pickup trucks bound for a makeshift lab where they said th
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Hantavirus Hunt: Argentine Scientists Set First Traps
Scientists attempting to determine whether or not hantavirus is present in Argentina's Ushuaia on Monday laid the very first traps to catch rodents potentially carrying...
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Global Health Alert: WHO Assembly Begins Amid Hantavirus And Ebola Outbreaks
World Health Organization member states gather for their annual meeting in Geneva Monday amid concern over deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks and uncertainty over...
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Did Hantavirus Start In Argentina's 'End Of The World' City? Ushuaia Denies Link
The MV Hondius outbreak has drawn attention because passengers dispersed to multiple countries, increasing the risk of spreading the virus worldwide.
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"Family Table Was Left Empty": Hantavirus Renews Memories Of 2018 Outbreak
Human-to-human transmission of hantavirus was first discovered in 1996 in the a town near El Bolson, was later found to have happened in Epuyen.
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Hantavirus Outbreak Renews Painful Memories For Patagonian Village
Mailen Valle lost her father and two sisters during a hantavirus outbreak more than seven years ago in Epuyen, a...
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Evacuation Begins For Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship In Spain's Canary Islands
Three passengers from the MV Hondius, a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman, have died, while others have fallen sick with the rare disease, which usually spreads among rodents.
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Who Was Leo Schilperoord? 'Patient Zero' In Deadly Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak
Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak: Leo began showing symptoms, including high fever, headaches and diarrhoea. His condition deteriorated rapidly.
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Hantavirus Update: Argentina's Hot Spot For Antarctic Cruises Insists It Didn't Cause Outbreak
Officials in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province are challenging the idea that the ongoing deadly hantavirus outbreak may have emerged there, pushing instead for investigations into the other Argentine provinces that passengers visited before board
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The First-Ever Hantavirus Outbreak With Human-To-Human Spread Happened In 2018; Here's How It Ended
The world's first confirmed human-to-human hantavirus outbreak struck Argentina in 2018, killing 11 people. Here's how scientists traced the Andes virus cluster, contained transmission and prevented a wider public health crisis.
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"More Cases May Appear Soon, But Public Health Risk Low": WHO Chief On Hantavirus Outbreak
The outbreak occurred on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, which had travelled from Argentina towards Cabo Verde across the Atlantic.
