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🇨🇱Hantavirus in Chile

As of 2026-05-14, Hantavirus Tracker has detected 3 hantavirus signals in Chile (small cluster). The most recent report was published 3h ago via Google News (ES).

Key facts · Chile

Country
Chile (CL)
Region
the Americas
Predominant syndrome
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) (ICD-10 B33.4)
Principal reservoir
long-tailed pygmy rice rats and deer mice that thrive in rural housing, woodpiles, and agricultural buildings
Recent signal count
3 (small cluster)
Latest source
Google News (ES) · 3h ago

Recent hantavirus signals · Chile

  1. 01“En Chile, un paciente con hantavirus es transportado con una simple mascarilla quirúrgica” - La VanguardiaGoogle News (ES) · 3h ago
  2. 02“Infrecuente”: especialistas U. de Chile explican transmisión de la cepa Andes del hantavirus - Universidad de ChileGoogle News (ES) · 18h ago
  3. 03“Infrecuente”: especialistas U. de Chile explican transmisión de la cepa Andes del hantavirus - Universidad de ChileGoogle News (ES) · 1d ago

Hantavirus context · Chile

Chile sits in the Americas, where hantavirus infection most often takes the form of Andes virus disease, the only hantavirus with documented person-to-person transmission, alongside Sin Nombre and related lineages.

Across this region the principal reservoirs are long-tailed pygmy rice rats and deer mice that thrive in rural housing, woodpiles, and agricultural buildings. Human exposure typically happens through inhalation of aerosolized droppings, urine, or saliva from these rodents — most often in rural housing, agricultural buildings, or poorly ventilated indoor spaces with recent rodent activity.

How Chile is tracked

Signals are ingested every five minutes from a global feed of open news sources, geolocated to Chile, then de-duplicated by URL and headline. Each signal links back to its original report so you can verify the source.

For confirmed case counts and clinical guidance in Chile, consult your national public health authority and the World Health Organization. This page is a surveillance signal, not a diagnostic tool.

Hantavirus surveillance · the Americas

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