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Is A.H.F - Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever - a cause for concern?
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It has been around/known about since the 50s. Since then Argentina has developed an effective vaccine for it which is today part of the vaccine plan of the at risk population in endemic rural areas.
The virus is carried by one type of rodent only, the corn mouse, living in the pampa húmedo and spread is via breathing in its feces carried by the wind.
The local Spanish term is 'mal de rastrojo" ( stubble disease) as locals recognized that the risk was highest when the crops were harvested and the wind had access to exposed earth.
Mainly considered an agricultural occupational hazard risk with caseloads varying between 10-60 a year.
(Pre-vaccine it was 1000-3000 a year)
I could not read the text in either version, so I am gauging the tone of the article by the headline, but if said rat were to take up residence in a city due to climate change, (however that would work for a corn mouse), the pre-existence of a tried and tested vaccine since 1992 would not make for pandemic conditions imo.
The virus is carried by one type of rodent only, the corn mouse, living in the pampa húmedo and spread is via breathing in its feces carried by the wind.
The local Spanish term is 'mal de rastrojo" ( stubble disease) as locals recognized that the risk was highest when the crops were harvested and the wind had access to exposed earth.
Mainly considered an agricultural occupational hazard risk with caseloads varying between 10-60 a year.
(Pre-vaccine it was 1000-3000 a year)
I could not read the text in either version, so I am gauging the tone of the article by the headline, but if said rat were to take up residence in a city due to climate change, (however that would work for a corn mouse), the pre-existence of a tried and tested vaccine since 1992 would not make for pandemic conditions imo.
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I think that other link is corrupt in some way - try this one:
I believe the key paragraph in the article is probably this one:
Climate change is nudging animals, like the rodents that carry A.H.F., into new areas and bringing previously separated species into contact with one another. A 2022 study estimated that more than half of known human pathogenic diseases could be aggravated by climate change. And human activities like agriculture and urbanization are pushing humans into closer contact with many disease-carrying animals.
...but then my aim is to link to articles I discover about Argentina, not to express a personal point of view about any of them.
I believe the key paragraph in the article is probably this one:
Climate change is nudging animals, like the rodents that carry A.H.F., into new areas and bringing previously separated species into contact with one another. A 2022 study estimated that more than half of known human pathogenic diseases could be aggravated by climate change. And human activities like agriculture and urbanization are pushing humans into closer contact with many disease-carrying animals.
...but then my aim is to link to articles I discover about Argentina, not to express a personal point of view about any of them.
