Andes virus reported for the first time in US
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Andes virus, a species of New World hantavirus with similar symptoms and a fatality rate as others, is transmitted to humans primarily through contact with long-tailed rice rats (Oligoryzomys longicaudatus), which are endemic to much of Argentina and Chile. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the ["]
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