Ushuaia, Argentina, May 18, 2026 (AFP) - In Tierra del Fuego, a hunt for the rodent carrier of hantavirus

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A scientific mission was set to kick off the search Monday for rodents that may be hantavirus carriers after an outbreak on a cruise ship departed this region at the southern tip of Argentina on April 1. For several days, biologists from Buenos Aires will set traps at various locations on the southern island of Tierra del Fuego to analyze whether the captured rodents carry the Andes strain of the virus, the only one known to spread between people......

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