Outbreak in Nicaragua (was: Guanarito virus)

[Francisco Muril Zerbini]

On 12 Nov 1995, MATTHEW FRANCIS WETTLAUFER wrote:
> Guanarito is the most recently found virus in S. America (though that may
> no longer be true due to the outbreak in Nicaragua); it belongs to the New

The outbreak in Nicaragua was confirmed to be lepthospirosis (sp?), a 
bacterial disease transmitted by rodents.

Murilo
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