En Argentina circula una cepa clave y agresiva del hantavirus: esto la hace muy particular
- The Andes strain of hantavirus is driving an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, with five confirmed infections and three suspected cases, according to the OMS.
- Most hantavirus infections occur via inhaling aerosols from infected rodent excreta, but Ricardo Teijeiro of the Sociedad Argentina de Infectología noted the virus adapts to human cells, enabling transmission between people.
- The Andes strain carries a 30 % mortality rate, making it notably aggressive; Roberto Debbag of the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Vacunología noted other regional strains range between 20 and 40 percent.
- No vaccine or specific medication exists to treat hantavirus, requiring immediate intensive care for suspected cases; a 2018 outbreak left 11 dead, providing evidence of human-to-human transmission.
- The virus circulates chronically in Patagonian provinces like Neuquén, Río Negro, and Chubut, where rodent habitats persist; experts are investigating whether the outbreak originated from an infected passenger or the vessel itself.
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The strain of the hantavirus Andes, associated with the outbreak in the Hondius cruiser, is native to Argentina and Chile. It emerged and is identified in these regions, where it causes the cardiopulmonary syndrome by hantavirus. The most prominent of this strain, of the most lethal, is that it is the only known hantavirus with documented evidence of person-to-person transmission, although it is exceptional and generally there must be close and …
En Argentina circula una cepa clave y agresiva del hantavirus: esto la hace muy particular
Por Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español Entre los varios hantavirus que circulan en Argentina, país desde donde zarpó el crucero que registra cinco infecciones confirmadas y tres casos bajo sospecha de la enfermedad, es el virus Andes el que protagoniza el brote de la nave, según confirmó la OMS, y tiene la excepcional particularidad de ser transmisible entre humanos. “Es el único de toda la familia de virus hantavirus que tiene documentado desde ha…
By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español. Among the various hantaviruses circulating in Argentina, the country from which the cruise ship departed, which has registered five confirmed infections and three suspected cases of the disease, it is the Andes virus that is responsible for the outbreak on board, as confirmed by the WHO, and it has the exceptional characteristic of being transmissible between humans. “It is the only one of the entire hantaviru…
The recent health alarm caused by the outbreak of hantavirus detected on a cruiser that had departed from Ushuaia again focused on the so-called Andean strain, the most dangerous variant of the virus and the only one in the world with proven transmission from person to person. So far, three dead passengers were confirmed. Hantavirus is usually transmitted by contact with saliva, urine or excrement of infected rodents, especially the collargo mou…
The outbreak of hantavirus detected on the MV Hondius cruiser triggered international alerts after three passengers died and five others remained under medical surveillance. All cases correspond to the Andes strain and although these infections remain rare, the disease has already left dozens of dead and more than 100 infected in two Latin American countries during the last year. The particular thing about the Andes virus is that it is the only …
The Andes South variant of hantavirus, prevalent in southern Argentina, accounts for almost all documented cases of human-to-human transmission, has a high mortality rate, and caused one of the largest outbreaks in history in 2019, according to experts consulted by EFE. The identification of a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which departed from the Argentine city of Ushuaia on April 1, has triggered an alert in the South Ameri…
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