Affiliation:
1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas – CONICET, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos – CEFYBO, Universidad de Buenos Aires – UBA, Argentina
Abstract
Abstract
In the context of an emerging zoonotic disease, sources of knowledge are multidisciplinary. Considering this requires not only a medical approach but also the study of the Andean hantavirus clade, its animal host,
Oligoryzomys longicaudatus
, and the environmental conditions that favour its spread before infecting humans.
Also, thanks to a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic context, the containment of this outbreak was achieved through selective respiratory isolation and the cooperation of the local actors involved.
Following a transdisciplinary approach, an actor-oriented analysis and their interaction provide a better understanding of the process that led to this successful containment. It also gives important clues for the control of zoonotic outbreaks, with human-to-human transmission.
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