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Laguna Negra virus (LANV)

Laguna Negra virus is a South American HPS-causing orthohantavirus identified in Paraguay in 1995. It is one of several New World hantaviruses circulating in Calomys rodent populations across the Gran Chaco.

Virus codeLANV
Full nameLaguna Negra virus (LANV)
Clinical syndromeHantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
ICD-10 codeB33.4
Reservoir speciesCalomys laucha (small vesper mouse)
Endemic regionsParaguay, Bolivia, Argentina
Case-fatality rate10 to 20 percent
Person-to-personNo documented person-to-person transmission.

About Laguna Negra virus (LANV)

Laguna Negra virus is a South American HPS-causing orthohantavirus identified in Paraguay in 1995. It is one of several New World hantaviruses circulating in Calomys rodent populations across the Gran Chaco.

Surveillance and outbreaks

HORIZON ingests every WHO Disease Outbreak News bulletin, ECDC weekly Communicable Disease Threats Report, CDC HAN advisory, PAHO update, and peer-reviewed publication that mentions LANV. Browse the live article feed or hit the JSON API for the raw data. Active incidents involving this serotype appear on the live outbreak map.

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