South African Dies of Suspected Rodent-Borne Virus While in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO- Brazilian health officials were monitoring people in Rio de Janeiro for possible infections on Wednesday, after a South African man on a business trip died of a suspected hemorrhagic virus.

The health ministry said it had not confirmed that information, but said one of the suspected causes of death was the arenavirus, which is spread through the excrement or blood of rats and between humans through saliva or other body fluids.

South African authorities had said at the end of October that the new virus appeared to have been contained.

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Source: Reuters