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Hantavirus 1997 - Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in the Americas
Situation brief 0 hantavirus cases reported, affecting Argentina and Bolivia and 6 other countries.
0 Confirmed
0 Probable / Suspected
0 Deaths
Origin (suspected) Argentina
02 October 1997 Disease Outbreak Reported The number of cases and the geographical spread of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) has increased in the Americas since the syndrome was first identified in 1993 in the USA and has now been reported in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay in addition to the USA. Facing the possibility of further spread of HPS, the ministers of health of all countries in the Americas joined in a resolution to intensify the…
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