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  • Chile: 2017 Hantavirus

    Source: http://tribumagazine.net/2017/02/cif...e-triplica-en/

    Google translation:

    Hanta virus deaths in Chile triple in 2017
    Fidele Alvizo 16 February 2017, 02:44
    Tribu Magazine

    The health authority called to consult early on suspicion of contagion.

    During the same period, 24 cases of Hanta virus, 17 men and 7 women were registered, compared to 14 cases reported last year.

    He explained that it is due to "climatic factors, which result in the growth of scrub and Quila, plant that produces the mouse's favorite food."

    In stable situation within its seriousness is an adult woman of Valdivia contagious with Hanta Virus and transferred to the Hospital of Temuco during the weekend.

    Six of these people, according to Noticias Ahora, are deceased. The hanta has an incubation period of 45 days and the Ministry of Health called the population to take preventive measures, such as ventilating the rooms closed.

    The deputy health minister, Jaime Burrows, made the balance, confirming the increase in infections. "During 2016 we had 14 cases with two deaths and in the last five years the average number of cases is 14 cases with four deaths," said the secretary of state.
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