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Argentina in spotlight over hantavirus as authorities retrace footsteps of ship’s passengers

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Argentina in spotlight over hantavirus as authorities retrace footsteps of ship’s passengers
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Thirty years after first person-to-person transmission was documented in Patagonia, scientists say global heating could increase world’s exposureAn outbreak in rural communities 30 years ago in the Patagonia area of Argentina led scientists, for the first time, to document person-to-person transmission of hantavirus, which until then had been known only to spread through contact with rodents.Nearly a decade ago another outbreak, also in Patagonia, provided detailed evidence of inter-human transm

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