Andes
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The outbreak, which infected 13 people and killed three, involved the Andes virus, a rare hantavirus strain.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
In North and South America, including the Andes virus that has recently been in the news, infections can lead to hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
The Andes strain, which has left three people dead amid this outbreak, is the exception, but the CDC has maintained that the overall risk to the American public remains extremely low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
San Juan's once-sparkling rivers have shriveled due to drought, and residents in the rugged, western Argentine province fear that prospective mining projects in the Andes will make matters worse.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Those homelands were the Fertile Crescent and China in Eurasia, and the Andes and Amazonia, Mesoamerica, and the eastern United States in the Americas.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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