Argentine hemorrhagic fever; O'Higgins disease; stubble disease

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Etiology

Epidemiology

  • Argentina
  • associated with fields containing stubble after the harvest
  • vector is the corn mouse
  • human transmission only occurs when contact is made with excrement of an infected mouse
    • commonly occurs via ingestion of contaminated food or water, inhalation of particles within urine or via direct contact of broken skin with rodent excrement

Clinical manifestations

Complications

  • untreated, mortality is 15-30%

Management

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References

  1. Wikipedia: Argentine hemorrhagic fever http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_hemorrhagic_fever