[CNN] Hantavirus cases nearly doubled in Argentina in past year. Experts say

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📌 标题:Hantavirus cases nearly doubled in Argentina in past year. Experts say climate change is to blame

📅 发布时间:Updated May 9, 2026, 12:00 AM ET

📝 英文原文:
Hantavirus cases in Argentina have almost doubled in the past year, with the country recording 32 deaths alongside its highest number of infections since 2018.The rise comes as Argentine authorities race to trace the footsteps of a couple who traveled extensively in the country and later died amid anoutbreak of the viruson the cruise ship MV Hondius, which left port in Ushuaia, southern Argentina, on April 1 and is currently on its way to Spain’sCanary Islands.Experts blame climate change and habitat destruction for the rise in cases of the disease, which is usually caused by exposure to the urine or feces of infected rodents.The current season, which started in June 2025, has already seen 101 confirmedhantavirus cases, Argentina’s health ministry said – compared with just 57 during the same period last season.Medics escort a patient, second right, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, to an ambulance after being flown to Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on May 6.Peter Dejong/APNot only did the country record an unusually large number of cases this year, but it also recorded one of the highest lethality rates of recent years, with the number of deaths marking an increase of 10 percentage points compared to the previous year.And those numbers exclude the outbreak on the cruise-ship MV Hondius, the origins of which remain unknown.While no cases of the hantavirus have been recorded in Ushuaia in recent decades, according to the ministry, the virus is endemic in some other areas of Argentina.Argentine authorities believe the couple visited various regions of the country as they crossed back and forth over the border with neighboring Chile on several occasions, and into Uruguay, before joining the cruise.Four geographic regions of Argentina are historically high-risk areas for contagion: Northwest (in the provinces of Salta, Jujuy, and Tucumán), Northeast (Misiones, Formosa, and Chaco), Center (Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, and

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🇨🇳 中文翻译:
阿根廷的汉坦病毒病例在过去一年中几乎翻了一番,该国记录了 32 人死亡,感染人数达到 2018 年以来的最高水平。这一上升之际,阿根廷当局正在加紧追踪一对夫妇的足迹,这对夫妇曾在该国广泛旅行,后来在 MV Hondius 游轮上因病毒爆发而死亡,这艘游轮于 4 月 1 日离开阿根廷南部乌斯怀亚港口,目前正在前往西班牙加那利群岛的途中。专家将此归咎于气候变化和



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