Argentina’s health ministry said on the 12th that no rodents carrying hantavirus were detected in Mendoza province. From the 8th to 12th a team from the national reference laboratory, the Carlos Malbrán Institute and US CDC experts set traps for long-tailed pygmy rice rats and other rodents to assess local hantavirus circulation; no infected animals were found.

2026-06-13

Argentina’s health ministry said on the 12th that no rodents carrying hantavirus were detected in Mendoza province. From the 8th to 12th a team from the national reference laboratory, the Carlos Malbrán Institute and US CDC experts set traps for long-tailed pygmy rice rats and other rodents to assess local hantavirus circulation; no infected animals were found.