Long-tailed pygmy rice rat identified as Andes hantavirus vector

The long-tailed pygmy rice rat, Oligoryzomys longicaudatus, is identified as a vector of Andes hantavirus, a potentially deadly pathogen.

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This rodent poses a transmission risk of the pathogen to human populations.

The discovery raises public health questions in South America.

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