Overview
- Hospital Zonal Ramón Carrillo confirmed the death of a 45-year-old woman who had been treated for hantavirus after a rapid respiratory collapse that required intensive care and mechanical ventilation.
- The patient was the wife of a man who had been hospitalized with hantavirus about 45 days earlier and was discharged after recovery.
- She had completed the 21-day preventive isolation for close contacts without symptoms, then developed fever, muscle pain and cough after an initial episode thought to be a urinary infection.
- Laboratory tests identified the Andes strain, and local and provincial health authorities activated focus control, contact tracing and extended monitoring of close contacts.
- The case comes during a heavy 2025–2026 hantavirus season in Argentina, where national bulletins report hundreds of cases and dozens of deaths, and officials are reinforcing rodent‑exposure prevention and prompt symptom reporting.