Argentina will start testing rats for hantavirus after couple contracted deadly strain — and cases shot up 86% in just a year

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Argentina’s health ministry announced it will begin testing rodents for hantavirus as concerns grow over the deadly outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship — as cases of the rare strain increased by a startling 86% in the country last year. The ministry said the vermin trapping and testing will take place in the southern city of Ushuaia — where health officials believe the outbreak may have originated. Argentine officials said a now-deceased Dutch couple picked up a rare strain of the virus

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